Legal Opinion
United States v. Eric Wallace
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1983No. 83-1629PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Eric Wallace appeals from his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C.App. § 1202(a)(1). The sole issue on appeal is whether the District Court 1 committed reversible error when it permitted the prosecutor to ask Wallace if his probation for a prior conviction had been revoked. The District Court believed that this question was appropriate to dispel a false impression that defendant’s direct examination might have left. We hold that this ruling was not an abuse of discretion, and we therefore affirm.
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