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U.S. v. SMITH

No. 19-2447.

978 F.3d 613 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Merwin SMITH Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 26, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sayler Anne Ault Fleming , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Rodney Harrison Holmes , U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri, Saint Louis, MO, Cassandra J. Wiemken , U.S. Attorney's Office, Louisville, KY, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Melissa Goymerac , Felicia Annette Jones , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Lucille Gardner Liggett , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Saint Louis, MO, for Defendant-Appellant.

Merwin Smith, Pro Se.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, BENTON, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.

Merwin Smith appeals his conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm as a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Smith argues that the district court1 should have excluded his 2005 felon-in-possession conviction and that prosecutorial misconduct during rebuttal closing prevented...

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