Legal Opinion
United States v. Ivan Dejesus Mejia-Uribe
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 20, 1996No. 94-4051PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Ivan DeJesus Mejia-Uribe appeals from his convictions for possessing cocaine with intent to distribute and conspiring to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846 (1988), and travelling in interstate commerce with intent to promote unlawful activities, 18 U.S.C. § 1952(a)(3) (1994). The primary issue on appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion by admitting evidence of Uribe’s 1978 conviction for violating 21 U.S.C. § 846. We hold that although the district court erred in admitting the 1978 conviction because it was not reasonably related…
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