M. Gerrard, Chief United States District Judge for the
District of Nebraska.
29 motion for judgment of acquittal because the evidence was insufficient to sustain
his conviction. Because we find the evidence was sufficient to support Parson’s
conviction, we affirm.

I.    Background

       Parsons claims to be an ambassador and diplomat of the Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin)
Nation, located in British Columbia, Canada. In 2009, Parsons was convicted of
aggravated assault – a felony offense – in Tipton County, Tennessee. In January
2017, Parsons absconded while on pretrial release awaiting trial on new Tennessee
state charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm. A warrant was issued in
Tennessee for his failure to appear.

       On January 11, 2017, Parsons piloted a small plane tothe Arapahoe Airport
located in Furnas County, Nebraska. It appears that Parsons was en route to the
Tsilhqot'in Nation in Canada. That same day, law enforcement officers triangulated
Parsons’ cell phone activity to the area surrounding the Arapahoe Airport. Parsons
elected to sleep in the airport overnight and was arrested at the airport the next
morning by officers from several state and federal agencies. Because the law
enforcement officers mistakenly believed that Parsons had arrived by motor vehicle,
they did not impound or search Parsons’ plane at the time of Parsons’ arrest. It is
undisputed that the plane remained in the hangar for approximately two months, and
that several people had access to the plane during this time.

       On March 22, 2017, officers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation
searched the plane