U.S. v. BENEFIELD

No. 90-2079.

942 F.2d 60 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lonnie BENEFIELD, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Alan Curhan, New Bedford, Mass., for defendant, appellant.

Michael J. Pelgro, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Wayne A. Budd, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, and ALDRICH and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of the July 1990 conviction of Lonnie Benefield for having been a felon in possession of a firearm on May 13, 1989, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Defendant-appellant raises three issues before this court: (1) whether the district court improperly admitted evidence of his prior bad acts; (2) whether allowing him to proceed pro se violated his sixth amendment right to counsel; and (3) whether the district...

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