MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, District Judge:
The government maintains that it is entitled to inform the jury as an element of an offense that defendant is a convicted felon even though defendant concedes that this element need not be proved. For reasons indicated below, the jury shall not be informed of the prior conviction.
Defendant Victor Orena is charged with several serious crimes and conspiracy counts. Among them is a firearm offense that...
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