Wilder

United States v. Wilder

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231 F. App'x 553
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 30, 2007No. 06-10032California305 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Christopher James Wilder appeals his conviction by jury trial of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g). During oral argument before this court, Wilder’s counsel conceded that the district court properly applied the Armed Career Criminal Act and *554 withdrew the appeal of Wilder’s sentence. As the parties are familiar with the facts of the case, we do not recount them here. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm Wilder’s conviction.

It was a violation of Wilder’s Sixth Amendment rights to allow the jury to examine the guns during deliberations without first receiving the district court’s authorization and without providing Wilder’s counsel an opportunity to respond to the jury’s request. United States v. Barragartr-Devis, 133 F.3d 1287, 1289 (9th Cir. 1998). The circumstances resulting in this error and the nature of the evidence examined by the jury allow the court to adequately assess the error in light of the other trial evidence to determine whether the examination of the guns was harmless. Cf. Riley v. Deeds, 56 F.3d 1117, 1120 (9th Cir.1995) (citation omitted). Unlike in Riley , the error in this case…

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