Legal Opinion
United States v. McCallum
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 19, 2009No. Docket 08-0322-crPublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge:
Defendant-Appellant John McCallum Jr. appeals from a judgment of conviction in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Robinson, J.). McCallum was convicted of various narcotics offenses involving crack cocaine and was sentenced principally to 240 months’ incarceration. We write to address McCallum’s primary contention, which is that the District Court abused its discretion in admitting as similar acts evidence two of his prior narcotics convictions. We conclude that the admission of this evidence, while an abuse of discretion,…
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