· 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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