United States v. Ralph Emeron Taken Alive, II

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Ralph Emeron Taken Alive, II of violating 18 U.S .C. § 111, which makes it unlawful to assault, resist, or impede a federal officer engaged in his official duties. Thereafter, the district court sentenced him to a term of imprison ment. Taken Alive appeals his conviction, arguing that the district court abused its discretion in refusing to admit evidence of the federal police officer’s character under Fed.R.Evid. 404(a)(2) and 405. Evidence of the police officer’s character was crucial to Taken Alive’s self-defense case. The exclusion of that evidence…