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U.S. v. TAVARES

No. 14-2319.

843 F.3d 1 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Verissimo TAVARES, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 1, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith H. Mizner , Assistant Federal Public Defender, with whom Federal Public Defender Office was on brief, for appellant.

Randall E. Kromm , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Carmen M. Ortiz , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before Thompson, Selya and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.

Convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, Verissimo Tavares appeals both the conviction and his sentence. He claims that the district court erred in admitting improper and prejudicial expert testimony concerning the absence of fingerprints on the gun that the jury found Tavares to have possessed. He also claims...

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