Legal Opinion
United States v. Silva
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 8, 2018No. 17-2030PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATHESON, Circuit Judge.
*707 Samuel Silva alleges three trial errors:
1. The district court erred by allowing the prosecution to present evidence of a previous felony conviction to support the charge of his being a felon in possession of a firearm.
2. The evidence was insufficient to convict him of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
3. The district court plainly erred by admitting testimony from a DNA expert who had made typographical errors in the course of performing her DNA analysis.
Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Factual Background
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