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151254P.pdf 07/14/2016 United States v. Marcus Eason
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 15-1254
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
[PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Murphy and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and Sentencing. Based on defendant's
counsel's comments at the time counsel sought to use a dash cam video to
impeach the arresting officer, the video was not admissible as it was
extrinsic evidence and could not be used to impeach the witness; nor did
the court err in denying a subsequent attempt to play the video for the
jury as defendant had not disclosed the video prior to trial; in any
event, defendant has failed to explain how the witness could have been
further impeached by playing the video, and the court's ruling did not
have a sufficient effect on his rights or the verdict so as to require a
new trial; no error in refusing to admit defendant's photos of the scene
as defendant had violated Rule 16(b)(1)(A) by failing to produce them to
the government in pre-trial discovery; defendant has failed to show how
refusal to admit the photos affected his substantial rights as there were
no controverted issues the photos would have resolved; evidence was
sufficient to support defendant's conviction for being a felon in
possession of a firearm; defendant's prior conviction did not qualify as
predicate offenses for Armed Career Criminal Act sentencing under either
the residual clause or the force clause of the Act, and the matter is
remanded for resentencing.