UNITED STATES v. BARNES

No. 79-5305. Summary Calendar.

622 F.2d 107 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter BARNES, III and Leslie Carl Coleman, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucien B. Campbell, Federal Public Defender, San Antonio, Tex., for Barnes.

John M. Pinckney, III (Court-appointed) San Antonio, Tex., for Coleman.

Jamie C. Boyd, U.S. Atty., LeRoy Morgan Jahn, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, HENDERSON and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Walter Barnes and Leslie Coleman appeal their convictions for theft on a government reservation. 18 U.S.C.A. § 2111. They challenge three evidentiary rulings made by the trial court.

Both appellants contend that the district judge abused his discretion in admitting Barnes' prior conviction for heroin possession on the grounds that his addiction to heroin, which grew out of his military service in Vietnam, was a common problem among United...

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