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122759P.pdf 06/21/2013 United States v. Ryan Cornelison
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-2759
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville
[PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Loken and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Evidence was sufficient to
support defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a
firearm; no error in admitting evidence of defendant's prior conviction
for being a felon in possession as the evidence was relevant to the
material issue of whether defendant knew the weapons were in his home; the
district court did not err in giving a particular version of the
reasonable doubt instruction as this court has repeatedly upheld use of
this version of the instruction, and the court was not obligated to use a
draft version requested by defendant; district court did not err in
refusing to give defendant's "mere presence" instruction as it was
duplicative of other instructions which adequately presented defendant's
theory of defense; no error in imposing a fine.