He was convicted after the District Court rejected his proposed jury instruction under which, to establish a §5861 d) violation, the Government would have been required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Staples knew that the gun would fire fully automatically.
Held: To obtain a §5861 d) conviction, the Government should have been required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Staples knew that his rifle had the characteristics that brought it within the statutory definition of a machinegun.
Courses start at a very reasonable 2,000 yen (£11) and include sushi staples such as tuna, prawn and squid – all prepared to a standard found at other mid-range restaurants.
Staples goes for 21 times trailing earnings, reasonable for a company on a successful expansion binge; Office Depot goes for 9 times.
The man on the Clapham omnibus is a staple of London folklore, a century-old personification of reasonable suburban opinion and average metropolitan means.
"Reasonable projections do not, repeat do not, show anything resembling the runaway deficit crisis that is a staple of almost everything you hear, including supposedly objective news reporting," the Nobel Prize-winning economist wrote in a blog post on Thursday.
Less speculative: consumer staples, health care, even consumer discretionary names look poised for both good defense and reasonable offense.
The reasonable diet can include rib-eye, too, and even bad cheeseburgers, but the point is that those are not staples but treats, like ice cream and cheesecake and Reuben sandwiches.
