U.S. v. FRASER

No. 05-1423.

448 F.3d 833 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Aaron FRASER, a/k/a Asante Kahari, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Paul L. Nelson, Federal Public Defenders Office, Western District of Michigan, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant. Michael A. MacDonald, Assistant United States Attorney, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Paul L. Nelson, Federal Public Defenders Office, Western District of Michigan, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant. Michael A. MacDonald, Assistant United States Attorney, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: SUHRHEINRICH, GILMAN, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

This novel case concerns whether the district court properly admitted into evidence The Birth of a Criminal, a published book by defendant Asante Kahari1 that describes the exact counterfeit-check scheme for which Kahari was found guilty. Kahari sent counterfeit checks in interstate commerce to the nonfictional Ms. Hugg, a woman residing in Michigan whom he met in an internet dating chat...

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