Legal Opinion
United States v. Gerald Mark Williams
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 18, 1991No. 89-50241PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TROTT, Circuit Judge:
Gerald Mark Williams was convicted by a jury of two counts of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1988). Although Williams himself placed his prior narcotics conviction before the jury during direct examination, he challenges the district court’s in limine ruling that evidence of the conviction would be admissible under Fed.R.Evid. 609(a)(1) if offered by the prosecution. He also appeals the court’s decision to sentence him under the mandatory minimum ten-year sentence provision of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B), rather than under the…
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