U.S. v. FORTENBERRY

No. 89-4786.

914 F.2d 671 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeff Edward FORTENBERRY, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie Ann Epps, Rienzi, Miss., (court appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Joe M. Hollomon, Asst. U.S. Atty., George Phillips, U.S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE and JONES, Circuit Judges, and LITTLE, District Judge.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we address a trilogy of claimed errors encompassing the admissibility and sufficiency of evidence in a conviction for federal firearms violations and the trial court's denial of a defendant's request for severance under Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 8 and 14. Based on a careful review of the record, we conclude that the small amount of doubtfully relevant and questionably probative evidence admitted in this case does not constitute...

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