U.S. v. Moore

In prosecution on drug conspiracy and unlawful possession of firearm charges, Dist. Ct. did not err in admitting evidence of drug transactions that occurred before start of charged conspiracy. Certain transactions were relevant to establish existence of prior felony conviction to which defendant did not stipulate and went directly to element of charged crime of felon in possession of firearm. Moreover, evidence of other transactions was properly admitted since they pertained to issue of defendant's intent and knowledge in distributing drugs where defendant had presented evidence that he had never sold drugs from particular location. Dist. Ct. also did not err in admitting evidence that arguably implicated defendant in dog-fighting with several pit-bulls found at certain location where said evidence was used only to establish defendant's control over said location.