U.S. v. BAKER

No. 07-3002.

508 F.3d 1321 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James E. BAKER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 6, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John K. Henderson, Jr., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Kansas, Wichita, KS, appearing for Appellant.

Matt Treaster, Assistant United States Attorney (Eric F. Melgren, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, Wichita, KS, appearing for Appellee.

Before TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge, HOLLOWAY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant James Baker appeals his conviction for being a felon in possession of ammunition, as well as his sentence. We are called upon to decide whether the jury should have been instructed on Mr. Baker's proposed "innocent possession" defense to being a felon in possession of ammunition and whether 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(20) of the Armed Career Criminal Act contemplates a "conviction...

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