10-2629 U.S. v. King

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Sufficiency of the evidence

The evidence was sufficient to convict the defendant of felon in possession of a firearm, where the firearm was found in his car, and two witnesses testified that they had seen him with the firearm.

“The government presented the testimony of Sharon ‘Kay’ Harvey, who sold the car to King less than a month prior to his arrest. She testified that she had removed all items from the car when she sold it to King, and that she did not own a shotgun and had not left a shotgun in the car. The government also introduced testimony from one of King’s friends, Shamion Mc- Williams. She testified that approximately eighteen days before King’s arrest, she had driven King to a gun repair shop to get his shotgun repaired. Though she could not describe the gun with great accuracy, when shown the shotgun that was found in King’s car, McWilliams stated that she was ‘100 percent sure’ that the shotgun was the same gun she had seen previously in King’s possession. The government then introduced Richard Vaughn, the owner of the gun shop, who remembered King and testified that he was ‘99.9 percent sure’ that the shotgun found in King’s car was the same gun he had repaired.”

Affirmed.

10-2629 U.S. v. King

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, McCuskey, J., Bauer, J.

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