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232839P.pdf 04/18/2024 United States v. Tyrone Cameron
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 23-2839
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Central
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Shepherd,
Circuit Judge.]
Criminal case - Criminal law. Defendant's as-applied Second Amendment
challenge to his conviction for possessing ammunition as a felon, in
violation of 18 U.S.C. sec. 922(g)(1), is rejected, as the conviction is
not plainly erroneous in light of United States v. Jackson, 69 F.4th 495
(8th Cir. 2023). A reasonable jury could have found that defendant
possessed ammunition, given the ample evidence connecting him to a
shooting; the district court did not err by admitting defendant's prior
felony convictions involving the use of firearms, as they were not
irrelevant, unfairly prejudicial, or too remote in time; and the
government's allegedly improper remarks at trial were a reasonable
characterization of defendant's own prior statements and did not prejudice
his right to a fair trial in any event.