United States v. Douglas Elmo Canon, United States of America v. Robert John Delang

How courts have described this case

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• affirming § 922(g)(1) conviction that was premised on the theory of aiding and abetting
• “The government did not have to prove Canon, as a principal, knew he was a felon. No greater knowledge requirement applies to [an aider and abettor].”
• government is not required to show defendant knew of principal’s status as a felon
• “Because possession of a sap [a.k.a., a blackjack or bludgeon] is ‘presumptive evidence of unlawful violent intentions’ and necessarily entails a ‘serious potential risk of physical injury to another,’ this felony conviction also qualifies” under the ACCA
• application of armed career criminal enhancement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).