United States v. Vernon Joy

MANION, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Vernon Joy of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He challenges three rulings made by the district court in the course of his trial: the court’s admission of a recording of a 911 call; the admission of testimony that Joy used the firearm in question in a burglary of a house; and the district court’s denial of his motion for a mistrial based on prosecutorial vouching. Joy also contends that the district court erred in its calculation of his criminal history for purposes of sentencing. Finding no error, we affirm.

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Vernon Joy’s (“Joy”) friend Paul…