Defendant’s firearm possession conviction is reversed where the district court erred in denying defendant’s proposed justification instruction because a reasonable trier of fact could have found that defendant’s possession was justified as self-defense.
Read US v. Ricks, No. 07-5127
Appellate Information
Argued: March 26, 2009
Decided: July 20, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Gregory
Counsel
For Appellant:
Ross Hall Richardson, Federal Defenders of Western North Carolina, Inc., Charlotte, NC
For Appellee:
Adam Christopher Morris, Office of the United States Attorney, Charlotte, NC
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