Malizia v. United States

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• holding that notes found in the trash outside the defendant’s residence were properly authenticated
• holding that sufficient evidence existed for the jury to find that notes were authored by the defendant, despite the government's inability to establish fully the defendant's authorship by expert opinion
• explaining that “other evidence” presented to the jury may establish the erroneously admitted fact, thus rendering the error harmless
• allowing the authentication of a handwritten note purportedly signed by-defendant without any direct testimony that it was the defendant's handwriting based on where the letter was found and the contents of the letter
• treating defendant’s prior conviction as a felony for purposes of § 841 even though state later statutorily reduced underlying offense to a misdemeanor, without enacting any individualized reclassification process
• noting “confusion . . . likely to result if . . . sentencing court[s] had to analyze the status of every prior state conviction in terms of the status of state law”

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