U.S. v. KEMP

No. 07-5837.

546 F.3d 759 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Billy Ed KEMP, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 14, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: April Rose Goode, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant. James Wright Powell, Assistant United States Attorney, Jackson, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: MARTIN, DAUGHTREY, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Billy Ed Kemp appeals his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He argues that the district court erred in admitting evidence of his prior convictions, and in failing to instruct the jury on his justification defense. We affirm.

I.

Kemp was arrested in May 2005 with a.32 caliber derringer pistol in his pocket. He previously had been convicted of several felonies, including two...

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