E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the question of whether the district court erred in granting a judgment of acquittal under FED. R.CRIM. P. 29. Hope was charged and convicted by a jury of being a felon in possession of a firearm. To prove his status as a felon, the government introduced into evidence a certified Mississippi judgment stating that Hope had pled guilty to aggravated assault. Hope's trial counsel did not object. At a post-trial hearing...
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