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041178P.pdf   05/13/2005  United States  v.  Maurice E. Patterson
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-1178
   Eastern District of Missouri   
   Criminal Case - conviction. Evidence was sufficient to support 
   conviction for possessing a firearm or ammunition. Model Jury 
   Instruction on reasonable doubt did not violate due process and has been 
   previously upheld. Sentencing defendant as an armed career criminal 
   based on prior convictions for violent felony is not plain error. In light of
   district court's statements regarding seriousness of prior offenses, there is 
   no reasonable probability that district court would have imposed a more 
   favorable sentence but for the Booker error. Conviction and sentence are 
   upheld. 
   [PUBLISHED] [Bowman, Author, with Bye and Melloy, Circuit 
   Judges]