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U.S. v. BOOTH

No. 95-2221.

111 F.3d 1 (1997)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Lamar R. BOOTH, a/k/a Laman Booth, a/k/a Lamar Coevan, a/k/a Lamar Govan, a/k/a Lamar Barton, a/k/a Lomar Barton, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diana L. Maldonado, Federal Defender Office, Boston, MA, on brief for defendant, appellant.

Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, and Gary S. Katzmann, Assistant United States Attorney, Boston, MA, on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant appeals from his conviction as a felon in possession of a firearm. He now contends that the jury instructions defining constructive possession may have allowed the jury to convict him even if he did not know that a gun was present within an area over which he exercised dominion and control. The instructions in this case do not warrant reversal, but we write for the benefit of future cases to pinpoint a correctable ambiguity in previously approved...

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