United States v. Black

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT _____________________ No. 96-20423 _____________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus RICHARD KEITH BLACK, Defendant-Appellant. _________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (CR-H-95-169) _________________________________________________________________ June 9, 1997 Before SMITH, BARKSDALE, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Richard Keith Black appeals his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), basing error on the admission of evidence that the firearms found in the trunk of his car had been acquired by a burglary, and on the jury being instructed on deliberate ignorance. We AFFIRM. * Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule 47.5.4. I. On 20 October 1994, Houston Police Department Officer Simien was conducting plainclothes surveillance in an unmarked car, due to a high incidence of burglaries in the area.