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UNITED STATES v. DOTSON

No. 85-4951.

799 F.2d 189 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frederick Leon DOTSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Glass, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Glen H. Davidson and Robert O. Whitwell, U.S. Attys., and John R. Hailman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Oxford, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, RUBIN, and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

CLARK, Chief Judge:

Appellant Leon Frederick Dotson appeals his conviction on three counts of receiving firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(h) and 922(a). Finding that the district court erred in allowing government agents to testify as to their opinions of the truth and veracity of Dotson and Dotson's witnesses without offering an adequate predicate upon which they based their opinions, we reverse.

I.

Dotson was convicted in 1977...

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