192447P.pdf   10/26/2020  United States  v.  Merwin Smith
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  19-2447
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kobes, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Benton, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. In this prosecution for being a felon in 
   possession of a firearm, the district court did not err in admitting 
   defendant's 2005 conviction for possessing a firearm as a felon, as the 
   conviction was not remote in time or too dissimilar, it went to the issue 
   of proving knowing possession and it was not unfairly prejudicial; the 
   district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's 
   objections to the prosecution's closing argument as the remarks were 
   directed to counsel's arguments that the arresting officer had lied and 
   were not directed at counsel; even assuming the remarks were improper, 
   defendant has failed to show prejudice from the brief rebuttal argument 
   remarks.