· 6/10/1996
United States v. Kenneth Howard Koskela
Citations
- 86 F.3d 122
- 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 13666
- 1996 WL 306616
How courts have described this case
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- holding that circumstantial evidence supported a finding of constructive or joint possession sufficient to sustain a § 922(g) conviction
- defendant’s acquittal on one count sufficient to rebut claim that jury was unable to compartmentalize the evidence
- defendant's acquittal on one count sufficient to rebut claim that jury was unable to compartmentalize the evidence
- defendant's acquittal on one count sufficient to rebut claim that jury was unable to compartmentalize the evidence
- denial of a motion to sever will be reversed only when the defendant shows an abuse of discretion that resulted in \severe prejudice\; severe prejudice occurs when a defendant is deprived of \an appreciable chance\ that he would have been acquitted in a severed trial
- evidence against Shulze characterized as “overwhelming”
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Judges: Fagg, Gibson, Wollman
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