SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Sandro Jimenez was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) & 924(a)(2). At trial, he testified that he neither owned nor possessed the firearm in question. The government sought to impeach Jimenez with his prior convictions for assault with a deadly weapon and burglary. Recognizing the possible prejudice of such impeachment, the district court attempted to "sanitize" the...
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