OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge:
Following a jury trial in the District of Maryland, Charles Lee Smoot was convicted and sentenced to prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Smoot contends on appeal that his possession of the firearm was legally justified, or, in the alternative, that he is entitled to a new trial on the ground that the jury was misinstructed on an essential element of the offense. We reject Smoot's challenges to his conviction...
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