Legal Opinion
United States v. Miron Taylor, Also Known as Hakeem Afiz
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 9, 1997No. 96-3372PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Presenting challenges to two evidentiary rulings made by the district court, Miron Taylor appeals his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (1994). We conclude that any error committed by the district court 1 was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of Taylor’s guilt, and we therefore affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On July 8, 1995, Taylor placed an emergency 911 call from a St. Louis residence. In his conversation with the dispatcher, Taylor stated that he and his father, Roosevelt Purnell, had been “having…
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