United States v. Richard Williams, A/K/A Malik Nash Bey

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to consider the admissibility of what is known as “reverse Rule 404(b)” evidence. See Rule 404(b), Federal Rules of Evidence. Defendant Richard Williams was convicted of possession of a firearm by a felon (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)) after police discovered a semiautomatic handgun in the bedroom in which he was apprehended. At trial, Williams sought to introduce evidence that another individual with whom he was arrested, Andre Urlin, had previously been convicted of possessing a firearm. The evidence was offered to show that the weapon found in the…