U.S. v. Rawlings, No. 02-4177 (7th Cir.) (341 F.3d 657) (September 3, 2003) (Judge Richard A. Posner)
Here the Court vacated a felon in possession conviction on the grounds of insufficient evidence, holding that an attempt to prove the possession element of the crime under Pinkerton's vicarious liability doctrine was improper.
This is an interesting decision in which the Court vacated a conviction for possession of a ...
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