U.S. v. FRANKLIN

No. 18-3630.

960 F.3d 1070 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Warren E. FRANKLIN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca L. Kurz , Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Kansas City, MO argued ( Laine Cardarella , Fed. Public Defender, on the brief), for appellant.

Warren E. Franklin, Jr., Springfield, MO, pro se.

Philip M. Koppe , Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, argued ( Timothy A. Garrison , U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, COLLOTON and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


Warren Franklin was convicted of drug trafficking and firearms offenses after a jury trial and sentenced to prison. He appeals his convictions on the ground that the district court1 should have used a jury instruction that he requested. The proposed instruction would have stated that his "mere...

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