United States v. Mark Backer, United States of America v. Mark Backer

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• noting that to obtain conviction of knowing possession of a machine gun the government “was required to prove that [the defendant] knew of the machine gun’s capability to fire in a fully-automatic manner”
• explaining that on de novo review, the court’s review is “independent”
• “‘De novo’ is a Latin term literally meaning ‘as new.’ Our review is independent and not premised on the district court’s appropriate use of its discretion. We are concerned only with the proper application of the law. . . .”
• “‘De novo’ is a Latin term literally meaning ‘as new.’ Our review is independent and not premised on the district court's appropriate use of its discretion. We are concerned only with the proper application of the law . . . .”
• “‘De novo’ is a Latin term literally meaning ‘as new.’ Our review is independent and not premised on the district court's appropriate use of its discretion. We are concerned only with the proper application of the law . . . .”
• “‘De novo’ is a Latin term literally meaning ‘as new.’ Our review is independent and not premised on the district court’s appropriate use of its discretion. We are concerned only with the proper application of the law . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).