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Criminal Law: Possession of Firearm-Certificate of Innocence-Abuse of Discretion
Staff Report//January 3, 2020//
Criminal Law: Possession of Firearm-Certificate of Innocence-Abuse of Discretion
Staff Report//January 3, 2020//
Listen to this articleDefendant appealed from the denial of his petition for a certificate of innocence after he was charged with possession of a firearm.
Where the record supported finding that defendant in possession a firearm and that his possession constituted additional offenses under federal and state law and that defendant’s possession was the result of his own conduct, the district court properly denied a certificate of innocence.
Judgment is affirmed.
U.S. v. Winters (MLW No. 74367/Case No. 19-1648 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Wimes, J.
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