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U.S. v. BECERRA

No. 18-2777.

958 F.3d 725 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Erik BECERRA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 7, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Raymond Baune , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Michael L. Cheever , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Bradley M. Endicott , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Lindsey E. Middlecamp , U.S. Attorney's Office, Saint Paul, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Erik Becerra, Grove, MN, Pro Se.

Manvir Kaur Atwal , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before LOKEN, SHEPHERD, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.

Erik Becerra was charged as a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. He thinks the district court should have let him testify that he intended to hand the gun over to his probation officer. Whether this so-called innocent-possessor defense is available has long been an open question. We now join a number of other...

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