United States v. Kenneth Schmitt

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• holding that a party can open the door to otherwise inadmissible evidence
• holding the government offered a propensity-free chain of reasoning when the charge was felon in possession of firearm and it introduced evidence that defendant was (1) a drug dealer and (2
• upholding four‐level adjustment for felon in possession of firearm who also committed state felony of selling drugs to obtain the firearm
• admitting testi- mony that drugs were found in Schmitt’s home for the pur- pose of proving a motive to possess a gun when possession was disputed at trial
• \[W]e will defer to the district court unless no reasonable person could adopt its view.\
• “[T]he evidence proffered by the govern- ment was relevant to motive. The testimony that [the defend- ant] was a drug dealer and that drugs were found in his home when he was arrested was relevant to suggest to the jury why he would have a firearm.”

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