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183669P.pdf   01/07/2020  United States  v.  Michael Parsons
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  18-3669
   U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Lincoln   
   [PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Gruender and Kelly, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal Case - Criminal Law. Parsons was charged with being a felon in 
   possession of a firearm after FBI agents searched his airplane pursuant to 
   a warrant and discovered the weapon. After the government's case in chief, 
   the district court denied Parson's motion for judgment of acquittal, and 
   the jury convicted Parsons. Parsons appeals claiming the government failed 
   to establish he "knowingly" possessed a firearm because the airplane was 
   unlocked and left unattended before it was searched. Sufficient evidence 
   was presented to support a finding that he knowingly possessed the gun: 
   recorded jail calls that he referenced items needed to be removed from the 
   plane and admissions that the gun looked like the firearm he previously 
   purchased. Judge Kelly concurs.