United States v. Donnie Blankinship

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Donnie Blankinship appeals from his conviction of assault on a postal employee in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111 (1982). The only issue Blankinship raises on appeal is whether the district court 1 erred in admitting an extrajudicial written statement of the assaulted postal employee corroborating his in-court testimony. After reviewing the record, we conclude that portions of the employee’s prior statement were used by Blankinship’s counsel to show that the postal employee’s in-court testimony was the result of recent fabrication, or improper influence or motive.…