Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Alfonso TORRES, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-11-24
Citations: 113 F. App'x 844
Docket Number: No. 03-50589
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Alfonso TORRES, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ, SILVERMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 113
Pages: 844–845

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Alfonso TORRES, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 03-50589.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 2, 2004.
Decided Nov. 24, 2004.
AUSA, Christopher M. Alexander, Esq., USSD—Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Guadalupe Valencia, Esq., Law Offices of Guadalupe Valencia, San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: FERNANDEZ, SILVERMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
The appellant claims that the district court abused its discretion by allowing the government to impeach his trial testimony with his prior felony conviction under Federal Rule of Evidence 609(a)(1). Although the appellant objected to the introduction of his conviction prior to trial, he chose to mention it in his own direct testimony. The Supreme Court's opinion in Ohler v. United States, 529 U.S. 753, 120 S.Ct. 1851, 146 L.Ed.2d 826 (2000), provides a bright-line rule that a defendant waives the right to appeal an adverse Rule 609 ruling if he preemptively presents the impeachment evidence to the jury during his direct testimony. Id. at 758, 760, 120 S.Ct. 1851. Because this is precisely what the appellant did in this case, he "cannot complain on appeal that the evidence was erroneously admitted." Id. at 755, 120 S.Ct. 1851. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is
AFFIRMED.
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