141381P.pdf   03/26/2015  United States  v.  Tamiko Grandison
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-1381
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Loken and Smith, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. A police officer's testimony 
   regarding a government witness's character and reliability was admissible 
   under Rule 608(a) and did not constitute improper "bolstering;" even if 
   admission of evidence during defendant's cross-examination regarding her 
   misrepresentation of her criminal record on applications for federal 
   employment was error, it did not impact the jury's overall opinion of 
   defendant's credibility and was harmless in light of the strong evidence 
   of her guilt; the government concedes it was error for the district court 
   to impose an enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 2D1.1(b)(12) for running a 
   drug house and this error affected defendant's substantial rights; her 
   sentence is vacated, and the case is remanded for resentencing.