UNITED STATES v. WALLACE

No. 83-1629.

722 F.2d 415 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Eric WALLACE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Dittmeier, U.S. Atty., Henry J. Fredericks, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Christopher T. Hexter, Schuchat, Cook & Werner, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Before ROSS, ARNOLD, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Eric Wallace appeals from his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C.App. § 1202(a)(1). The sole issue on appeal is whether the District Court1 committed reversible error when it permitted the prosecutor to ask Wallace if his probation for a prior conviction had been revoked. The District Court believed that this question was appropriate to dispel a false impression...

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