Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfred DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-03-14
Citations: 467 F. App'x 467
Docket Number: No. 11-5494
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfred DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 467
Pages: 467–468

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfred DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-5494.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
March 14, 2012.
BEFORE: DAUGHTREYand ROGERS, Circuit Judges; ZOUHARY, District Judge.
The Honorable Jack Zouhary, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Following a jury trial, defendant Alfred Davis appeals his conviction of being' a felon in possession of a firearm, contending that the conviction was not supported by sufficient evidence. We disagree and affirm the district court's judgment.
When a defendant challenges his conviction based on insufficient evidence, the question for the court is "whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt." Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979).
The trial transcript in this case includes testimony from two police officers who responded to a call regarding a man with a weapon. The officers stated that they observed Davis holding a pistol in his hand and that he dropped the pistol as he ran away. A pistol and a cell phone were recovered from the spot where the officers testified that Davis dropped the gun. One of the officers also testified that Davis admitted possessing the weapon after he was placed in the police car. Davis points out that the officers described the gun they saw him holding as silver, when the gun that was recovered was black. From this fact, he speculates that the gun could have been dropped by another individual who reportedly ran from the scene before Davis did. Nevertheless, if the jury believed the police officers' testimony, there was sufficient evidence, including a statement by Davis that he possessed the weapon, for the jury to find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Accordingly, we AFFIRM the district court's judgment.