United States v. Farmer, No. 13-7054 (10th Cir. 2014)
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Defendant-Appellant Joseph Farmer challenged his conviction for being a felon found in unlawful possession of a firearm. On direct appeal to the Tenth Circuit, he argued that the district court erred in admitting at trial evidence that Tulsa police had previously found Farmer unlawfully possessing another firearm in 2010. Farmer maintained the district court should have suppressed evidence of his 2010 firearm possession, offered under Fed. R. Evid. 404(b), because Tulsa police obtained that evidence during an unlawful search. Upon review, the Tenth Circuit concluded that any error in admitting this 404(b) evidence was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. Furthermore, the Court rejected Farmer’s challenges to
the prosecutor’s closing argument and his claim of cumulative error. As such, the Court affirmed Farmer's conviction.
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