Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 25, 2003No. 02-1487PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Robert Thomas was convicted by a jury of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. We find that the district court abused its discretion when it admitted as evidence a photograph of one of Thomas’s tattoos and two of Thomas’s pri- or convictions for gun possession. Because we believe that admission of this evidence unfairly prejudiced his trial, we remand his case for a new trial.
I. BACKGROUND
On September 14, 1999, police officers responded to a domestic disturbance call in an apartment building in Chicago,…
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