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U.S. v. RUFFIN

No. 92-3260.

40 F.3d 1296 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Bobby Ray RUFFIN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Holloway, Asst. Federal Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was A.J. Kramer, Federal Public Defender.

Lilly Ann Sanchez, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were Eric H. Holder, Jr., U.S. Atty., John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and Renee Y. Webb, Asst. U.S. Attys.

Before: WILLIAMS, GINSBURG, and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.

RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:

The only serious question in this appeal from a criminal conviction is whether a district court commits reversible error by failing, sua sponte, to strike testimony regarding a defendant's "other crimes" (see FED. R.EVID. 404(b)) when, later in the trial, the court determines that the government had not supplied sufficient proof of the defendant's connection with...

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