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U.S. v. JACKSON

No. 96-9446 Non-Argument Calendar.

120 F.3d 1226 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin Lee JACKSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 4, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Stokes, Jr., Lawrenceville, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

William H. McAbee, II, Assistant United States Attorney, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before ANDERSON and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and CLARK, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal of the district court's denial of a motion to suppress and a request for a jury instruction. Defendant-appellant Melvin Lee Jackson was found guilty by the jury of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He was sentenced to 58 months imprisonment, and three years supervised release, and is currently incarcerated. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In August 1995, Coweta County...

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