United States v. Farmer

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

In this direct criminal appeal, Defendant-Appellant Joseph Farmer challenges his conviction for being a felon found, in 2012, to be in unlawful possession of a firearm, arguing that the district court erred in admitting at trial evidence that Tulsa police had previously found Farmer unlawfully possessing another firearm in 2010. Farmer contends the district court should have suppressed evidence of his 2010 firearm possession, offered under Fed.R.Evid. 404(b), because Tulsa police obtained that evidence during an unlawful search. We conclude that any error in admitting this…