U.S. v. JEFFERSON

No. 10-30941 Summary Calendar.

623 F.3d 227 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mose JEFFERSON; Renee Gill Pratt, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 6, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Andrew Higginson , Daniel P. Friel , Asst. U.S. Attys., James B. Letten , Acting U.S. Atty., New Orleans, LA, for U.S.

Arthur A. Lemann, III, Sr. Counsel, Arthur A. Lemann, III & Associates, Inc., New Orleans, LA, for Jefferson.

Michael Seth Fawer , Smith & Fawer, Covington, LA, Michael Warren Hill , New Orleans, LA, for Pratt.

Before BENAVIDES, CLEMENT and ELROD, Circuit Judges.


EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

In this interlocutory appeal brought pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731,1 the government appeals the district court's pretrial order excluding evidence of the prior convictions of Defendant Mose Jefferson for purposes of impeachment. We VACATE the exclusion order and REMAND this matter for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

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