United States v. John Charles Blankenship

LIVELY, Chief Judge.

The principal issue raised by this appeal is the extent to which the government may use evidence of “other crimes, wrongs, or acts” to establish predisposition on the part of a defendant who admits the acts charged in the indictment but relies on a defense of entrapment. The appeal also raises the question of when a trial court *737may permit the prosecution to reopen its case after it has rested. Finally, the appeal raises the issue of sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction on the charge of dealing in firearms.

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John Charles Blankenship was found guilty by a jury…