U.S. v. Addison

In prosecution on drug possession and distribution charges, Dist. Ct. did not commit reversible error by allowing govt. agent to testify that he had never prosecuted wrong person, that one of defendant’s co-criminals had firearm, and that surrounding neighborhood contained no other drug house. Testimony regarding agent’s track record was invited by questioning from defendant’s counsel who initially introduced idea of prosecuting wrong person. Moreover, while there was possibility that jury considered irrelevant testimony regarding presence of gun and lack of other drug house in neighborhood in its decision to convict defendant, other evidence against defendant overwhelmingly supported guilty verdict, where agents personally witnessed defendant selling drugs to others, and where defendant’s actions were caught on video.