United States v. Joseph Spero

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Joseph J. Spero, was convicted by a jury 1 of one count of conspiring to possess a destructive device not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and one count of possession of such a device. 2 During his trial, the district judge permitted counsel for the United States to cross-examine Spero, over his attorney’s objection, about a 1957 conviction for grand theft. On appeal, Spero claims that the trial court erred in admitting the evidence pertaining to the twenty-two year old conviction because he failed to make an adequate…