153445P.pdf   01/04/2017  United States  v.  Christopher Payne-Owens
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-3445
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Murphy and Smith, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. Evidence indicating defendant was a member 
   of a gang, such as Facebook posts, was properly admitted as it helped 
   provide the jury with a total picture concerning defendant's possession of 
   a firearm and included evidence of threats of violence which showed his 
   intent to possess a real firearm; further, the district court twice gave 
   the jury detailed limiting instructions concerning the evidence and its 
   use, and this helped reduce the risk of prejudice; government's reference 
   to the material in its closing argument, while presenting a closer 
   question, was not a reversible error; evidence was sufficient to support 
   defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession.