United States v. Alexander, Joey

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• holding that the statement to an emergency dispatcher indicating the defendant “[has] a gun on him now” constituted intrinsic evidence of the weapons possession charge the defendant faced after being arrested moments after the statement was made
• concluding that a 911 call in which the caller told the dispatcher that the defendant had “a gun on him” minutes before the defendant was arrested for possessing a firearm “provided only ‘intrinsic’ evidence of the crime charged”
• explaining that evidence showing defendant’s “connection with a gun ... coupled with proximity may suffice” to prove constructive possession
• explaining that evidence is intrinsic if it is “offered as direct evidence of a fact in issue”
• noting that courts should consider “the characteristics of the event” and the declarant’s “physical and mental condition”
• explaining that for a statement to meet a hearsay exception, “the proponent of the exception must establish” it

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).