U.S. v. BAKER

No. 98-6146.

197 F.3d 211 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jim Edd BAKER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 23, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Wisdom, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, Kenneth R. Taylor, Assistant U.S. Attorney (argued and briefed), Lexington, Kentucky, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Donald D. Waggener (argued and briefed), Lexington, Kentucky, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: KRUPANSKY and NORRIS, Circuit Judges; GWIN, District Judge.


OPINION

GWIN, District Judge.

Defendant Jim Baker appeals his conviction and sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm while subject to a domestic violence protection order, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8). In appealing his conviction, Baker contends that the district court erred in both overruling his constitutional challenge to § 922(g)(8) and refusing to instruct the jury that knowledge of the law is a required element of a §...

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