United States v. Ronald A. Davis

BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Ronald A. Davis, was convicted by a jury of distribution of heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and two counts of using a telephone to facilitate the distribution of heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b). Defendant appeals, arguing that the district court erred: (1) in not ruling that his prior Kansas state court conviction was unconstitutional and thus inadmissible for purposes of impeachment under Fed.R. Evid. 609(a)(1); (2) in admitting the prior conviction for impeachment at trial without weighing its probative value against its prejudicial effect pursuant to…