United States Sixth Circuit

Convictions of defendant for drug and gun related crimes are vacated and remanded where the evidence of his prior conviction for an unrelated drug offense eight years earlier was substantially more prejudicial than probative.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/04/2009
• Decided 02/09/2010
• Published 02/09/2010

Judges

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

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• 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.