United States v. Edward T. Smith, Jr.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Edward T. Smith appeals from his conviction in United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts of unlawful possession of firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). He argues that the district court’s rulings, excluding evidence of a meeting he had three years before trial with an agent, Robert Nowd, of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (“ATF”), constitute reversible error. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

I

On April 6, 1989, Massachusetts law enforcement officers and members of the Lynn Vice Squad Unit…