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083523P.pdf   09/01/2009  United States  v.  James Dooley
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-3523
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Melloy and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - criminal law. District court did not err in denying defendant's motion to dismiss under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act as defendant failed to clearly state in his detainer form that he was invoking his rights under the Act; the jury instruction on constructive possession of a firearm confused the jury about the element of knowledge, and the ambiguity in the instruction requires reversal and a new trial.