U.S. v. Dinga

Record contained sufficient evidence to support jury's guilty verdict on charge of making false statement to federal law enforcement officer, who was investigating defendant's purchase of several firearms. While defendant claimed that several of his recently purchased firearms were stolen from backseat of his unlocked car, jury could find that defendant had lied about why he no longer possessed said firearms where: (1) defendant lacked sufficient funds to purchase said firearms on his own; and (2) defendant reported missing firearms to police only after he was initially approached by federal officer inquiring about said firearms. Dist. Ct. also did not err in excluding evidence that defendant had offered to take pre-trial polygraph test where record was silent as to defendant's knowledge about admissibility of any test results at time alleged offer had been made.