· 1/23/1991
United States v. Larry D. Wilson
Citations
- 922 F.2d 1336
- 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 990
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a rational jury could infer possession from a defendant’s fingerprint on a gun recovered from his girl- friend’s apartment
- holding that a rational jury could infer possession from a defendant’s fingerprint on a gun recovered from his girl- friend’s apartment
- holding that a rational jury could infer possession from a defendant’s fingerprint on a gun recovered from his girl- friend’s apartment
- holding that a rational jury could infer possession from a defendant’s fingerprint on a gun recovered from his girl- friend’s apartment
- noting that although the presence of a fingerprint was “fully consistent with innocence,” a jury could nonetheless find that fact supported possession
- “Merely touching would not be possessing [a firearm].”
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Judges: Bauer, Easterbrook, Will
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