U.S. v. VASQUEZ

No. 454, Docket 95-1144.

82 F.3d 574 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Carlos VASQUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James V. Somers, Lynch, Traub, Keefe & Errante, New Haven, Connecticut (Charles E. Tiernan, III, Lynch, Traub, Keefe & Errante, New Haven, Connecticut, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Mark G. Califano, Assistant United States Attorney, New Haven, Connecticut (Christopher F. Droney, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut, of counsel), for Appellee.

Before: KEARSE, WALKER, and HEANEY, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge:

Carlos Vasquez appeals his convictions for knowingly possessing a firearm as a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (1988) and knowingly possessing an unregistered firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) (1988). Vasquez contends that the district court erred in denying recross-examination of a government witness and in charging the jury on the possession element of each crime charged. He also argues that...

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