Legal Opinion

United States v. Edward Bernard Billue

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided July 14, 1993No. 92-4054PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOBBS, Senior District Judge:

Defendant-Appellant, Edward Bernard Billue, was found guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1). Billue now attacks his conviction on three grounds:(1) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction;(2)(a) the district court abused its discretion in permitting the government to impeach a witness it called with a prior inconsistent statement; and(b) even if such impeaching testimony was properly allowed, the court was in plain error for failing to give an unrequested, limiting instruction as to the use of…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. United States v. RosenthalCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
  3. United States v. Clinton WebsterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  4. John Michael Williamson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
  5. United States v. Walter David TallmadgeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987

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3Cited by59 opinions

  1. United States v. JerniganCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
  2. United States v. Alberto CalderonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
  3. United States v. Augustin GonzalezCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
  4. United States v. Jesse Wright, Jr., A.K.A. Jessie WrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
  5. United States v. DeleveauxCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000

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