United States Seventh Circuit

Convictions for making false statements on a firearm-purchase form and being a felon in possession of a firearm are affirmed where: 1) a period of probation following release from prison for a prior conviction is not part of the "confinement imposed for that conviction" for purposes of determining the ten-year limitation on introducing evidence of prior convictions under Fed. R. Evid. 609(b); but 2) in this case, the admission of defendant's prior conviction was harmless error.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/01/2007
• Decided 09/04/2008
• Published 09/04/2008

Judges

• SYKES, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, WOOD, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Tina L. Nommay, David E. Hollar (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Patrick J. Arata (argued), Arata Law Firm, Fort Wayne, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.