United States v. Iglesias

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• concluding that the proximity factor weighed in favor of conviction when the gun in question was stored in a briefcase in the same room as a small amount of methamphetamine and the same house as a large quantity
• holding that ‘‘when a witness who testifies frankly under oath subject to cross-examination only two days later states that he now ‘can’t answer the question’ and is otherwise evasive and vague, a district court may find that these statements are inconsistent’’
• holding objection that the best evidence available is on the witness stand did not preserve a hearsay objection to introduction of the witness’s prior statement
• holding objection that “the best evidence available is on the witness stand” did not preserve a hearsay objection to introduction of the witness’s prior statement
• explaining that a party fails to preserve an evidentiary issue for appeal by making the wrong objection
• holding objection that “the best evidence available is on the witness stand” did not preserve a hearsay objection to introduction of the witness’s prior statement

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