Legal Opinion
United States v. Johnny Dockery, A/K/A Lynden Dockery, United States of America v. Johnny Dockery, A/K/A Lynden Dockery
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 24, 1992No. 90-3141, 91-3124PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge EDWARDS.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
In many criminal prosecutions, especially now in connection with cases growing out of narcotics trafficking, the Government is free to charge an ex-felon firearms count together with other counts, thereby permitting the jury to hear otherwise inadmissible evidence regarding a defendant’s prior conviction. This is such a case.
In United States v. Daniels, 770 F.2d 1111 (D.C.Cir.1985), we rejected a per se rule requiring separate trial of ex-felon counts, but we held that “sufficiently scrupulous regard,” id. at…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Cupp v. NaughtenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Singer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by65 opinions
- United States v. WackerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- United States v. Melvin D. Wallace and Arthur M. LevinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Clarence JonesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Opio MooreCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
- United States v. TavaresCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
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