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081568P.pdf   04/06/2009  United States  v.  Anthony Thompson
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-1568
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bowman, Author, with Colloton and Benton, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - criminal law. District court did not err in instructing
   jury in the disjunctive, as proof of possession of either firearms or
   ammunition was sufficient to support a conviction for violation of 18
   U.S.C. Sec. 922(g)(1); evidence was sufficient to prove defendant used,
   carried and brandished a firearm in connection with a drug transaction;
   district court did not err in overruling defendant's objection to the
   prosecutor's rebuttal during closing argument as the remarks were not an
   improper comment on defendant's decision not to testify and did not
   improperly shift the burden of proof; issue raised for the first time in a
   post-argument Rule 28(j) letter would not be considered.