Legal Opinion

United States v. Morena

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided November 19, 2008No. 07-1297PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

William J. Morena appeals from the judgment on a verdict of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania finding him guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing that firearm, an unregistered sawed-off shotgun with a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length. Morena also appeals the enhancement of his sentence for possession of a firearm in connection with another felony. We are asked to decide whether: (1) the government’s injection into the trial of extensive evidence of uncharged drug use and…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Huddleston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949

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3Cited by43 opinions

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  5. Government of the Virgin Islands v. MillsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2016

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