United States v. James Allen Gregg

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• holding that \a victim's violent character is not an essential element of 14 CR-2025-0325 the charge of murder or the defense of self-defense\
• observing that sentence mandated by § 924(c) not subject to reasonableness analysis
• affirming exclusion of prior bad acts of victim where the offer of proof identified “no specific instances of James’s prior conduct”
• affirming exclusion of prior bad acts of victim where the offer of proof 5 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 404(a)(2)(B), “a defendant may offer evidence of an alleged victim’s pertinent trait.” 6 Federal Rule of Evidence 405(a
• evidence of victim’s prior bad acts “is only admissible to the extent a defendant establishes knowledge of such prior violent conduct at the time of the conduct underlying the offense charged”
• evidence of victim’s prior bad acts “is only admissible to the extent a defendant establishes knowledge of such prior violent conduct at the time of the conduct underlying the offense charged”

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