United States v. James Gaines

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• holding that where the evidence showed the defendant “actually holding the weapons in his hand,” that “fact alone was sufficient to allow a jury to find actual possession, however briefly it 15 Case: 21-50642 Document: 00516777776 Page: 16 Date Filed: 06/07/2023 No. 21-50642 occurred”
• affirming where government presented both videos of defendant looking at firearms and the firearms themselves
• “[V]ague promises of leniency for cooperation are just one factor to be weighed in the overall calculus and generally will not, without more, warrant a finding of coercion.”
• “vague 20 promises of leniency for cooperation are just one factor to be weighed in the overall calculus and 21 generally will not, without more, warrant a finding of coercion”

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