U.S. v. JONES

No. 94-3062.

67 F.3d 320 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee v. Keith E. JONES, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Sullivan, Portsmouth, NH, appointed by the court, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

Elizabeth H. Danello, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellee, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, John R. Fisher, and Odessa F. Vincent, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief.

Before: WALD, SILBERMAN and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.


ROGERS, Circuit Judge:

The principal issue in this appeal is the harmfulness of informing the jury of the nature of the defendant's prior felony conviction in a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)1 where the prior conviction is essentially identical to other charges in the indictment. On appeal, the government concedes that, in light of the defendant's offer to stipulate to the fact of his prior conviction, it was error to inform...

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