United States v. Louis San Martin

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises the question, once again, of the propriety of using prior criminal convictions as evidence in a prosecution for subsequent acts.

Louis San Martin appeals his conviction by a jury on one count of assaulting an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation while in the performance of his duties, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111. 1 San Martin was sentenced to the maximum prison term of three years. He challenges his conviction on three grounds: (1) that the trial court improperly admitted evidence of his three prior state court, misdemeanor convictions for…