Legal Opinion
United States v. Albert Ellis
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 18, 2016No. 15-2243PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Albert Terrell Ellis was convicted by a jury of possessing a firearm as a felon, 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2), 924(e); possessing heroin with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C); and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug-trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A). He argues on appeal that the government’s evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s guilty verdicts and that the district court1 abused its discretion by admitting evidence of his prior felony drug-trafficking conviction. We affirm.
Ellis first argues that the…
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