U.S. v. BENFORD

No. 15-6163.

875 F.3d 1007 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenroy Lloyd BENFORD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED November 14, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kyle Edward Wackenheim , Research and Writing Attorney ( Paul Antonio Lacy , Assistant Federal Public Defender, with him on the briefs), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Defendant-Appellant.

David McCrary , Assistant United States Attorney ( Mark A. Yancey , Acting United States Attorney, and Julia E. Barry , Assistant United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Office of the United States Attorney, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, BALDOCK, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.


A jury convicted Kenroy Benford of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) based on his constructive possession of a loaded pistol that police seized from an apartment bedroom he shared with his girlfriend. On appeal, Benford argues the district court erred in three ways: (1) it...

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