United States Sixth Circuit

Defendant forfeits grounds for objection to prosecutor's opening statement when he does not object on those grounds, and any error under Fed. R. Ev. 404(b) for admitting evidence of "other acts" was harmless given overwhelming evidence of Defendant's guilt.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/16/2001
• Published 01/16/2001

Judges

• Before JONES, SILER, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Tim S. Moore (argued and briefed), Newport, TN, Vernon L. Murphy, Beaver, WV, for Defendant-Appellant., Dan R. Smith, Assistant United States Attorney (argued and briefed), Johnson City, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.