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U.S. v. MOORE

Nos. 12-6437, 12-6438.

733 F.3d 171 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jafari T. MOORE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 23, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert L. Abell , Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellant. Elisabeth A. Sigler , United States Attorney's Office, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Robert L. Abell , Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellant. Charles P. Wisdom, Jr. , Robert M. Duncan, Jr. , United States Attorney's Office, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: KEITH and SUTTON, Circuit Judges; BLACK, District Judge.

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

A federal jury convicted Jafari Moore of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. His principal claim on appeal is that the district court should have instructed the jury about his affirmative defense that he possessed the gun out of necessity. We affirm.

I.

Jafari Moore and three friends wound up at Diva's, a strip club in Lexington, at the tail end of a night out. As the club closed, Moore followed...

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