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· 8/6/1993

United States v. Paul J. Kirvan, United States v. Paul J. Kirvan

Citations

  • 997 F.2d 963

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  • holding that there is no prejudice where the racial reference was for purposes of identification
  • finding sufficient lay witness testimony of two individuals who described seeing the defendant holding what appeared to be a gun, and who stated that it sounded “heavy” when it fell to the ground
  • assessing adequacy of evidence that gun was a firearm for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924, which uses definition of firearm in 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(3)
  • \One witness could easily describe gun metal as black and another as silver.\
  • “One witness could easily describe gun metal as black and another as silver.”
  • “One witness could easily describe gun metal as black and another as silver.”

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Judges: Cyr, Boudin, Burns

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