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2024 Supreme(US)(ca8) 313

COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
United States – Appellant
Versus
Roylee Richardson – Respondent


No. 23-1179 ___________________________

United States of America

Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

Roylee Richardson

Defendant - Appellant ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Eastern ____________

Submitted: October 20, 2023 Filed: February 7, 2024 ____________ Before GRUENDER, STRAS, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________ STRAS, Circuit Judge.

A jury found Roylee Richardson guilty of witness tampering, 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b), and possessing a firearm as a felon, id. § 922(g)(1). Although he argues that the district court1 should have acquitted him of the former and prevented the jury from hearing about so many of his prior felony convictions, we affirm.

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