142826P.pdf   03/02/2016  United States  v.  Patrelle Green-Bowman
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-2826
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Waterloo   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Bright and Gruender, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. No error in admitting 
   evidence concerning a 2011 firearm conviction as it was relevant to prove 
   defendant knew about the weapon in this case and intended to possess it; 
   the differences in the two incidents did not undermine the probative value 
   of the 2011 incident and did not make the evidence inadmissible; 
   government's comments regarding the 2011 incident in its closing argument 
   were not an improper propensity argument; evidence was sufficient to 
   support defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a 
   firearm; government's decision to ask a witness an innocuous question to 
   determine whether he was willing to repeat his grand jury testimony did 
   not make the government's conduct improper; no error in imposing an upward 
   departure under Guidelines Sec. 4A1.3(a)(1) for under-represented criminal 
   history. Judge Bright, dissenting.