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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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