054434P.pdf   08/31/2006  United States  v.  William J. Headbird
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-4434
   District of Minnesota   
   [PUBLISHED][Melloy, Author, with Murphy and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal Case - conviction and sentence. Conviction for possessing 
   a firearm as a previously convicted felon was supported by sufficient
   evidence. District court did not abuse its discretion in admitting
   evidence of prior convictions for impeachment purposes, the scope of
   the cross examination was proper, and the jury instruction did not
   constitute plain error. District court did not err in finding prior
   convictions for theft of vehicle and escape constituted crimes of
   violence and defendant was properly sentenced as an armed career
   criminal. Conclusion defendant possessed a firearm in connection
   with a crime of violence was not error.