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· 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

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

  • 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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