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U.S. v. JENKINS

No. 08-5203.

593 F.3d 480 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johnny JENKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 9, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kevin Michael Schad, Federal Public Defender's Office, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellant. Kevin G. Ritz, Assistant United States Attorney, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Kevin Michael Schad, Federal Public Defender's Office, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellant. Kevin G. Ritz, Assistant United States Attorney, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before GRIFFIN and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges; CARR, District Judge.

OPINION

KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge.

Sometimes the prosecution should be careful what it asks for. Here, the government charged Jenkins with drug and gun crimes for which it had ample evidence to convict him. In what can be fairly described as piling on, however, the government sought to admit—and eventually did admit, over Jenkins's objection— testimony that he had been convicted of an unrelated drug...

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