Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Sterling KILLINGS, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-01-31
Citations: 122 F. App'x 866
Docket Number: No. 04-1548
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Sterling KILLINGS, Appellant.
Judges: Before MELLOY, BRIGHT, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 122
Pages: 866–867

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Sterling KILLINGS, Appellant.
No. 04-1548.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Dec. 14, 2004.
Decided: Jan. 31, 2005.
Allison Behrens, Jennifer J. Roy, U.S. Attorney’s Office, St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Grant J. Shostak, Moline & Shostak, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before MELLOY, BRIGHT, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Sterling Killings appeals his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.
Killings's main argument is that the district court erred in refusing to admit into evidence the government's memoranda — original and amended — outlining evidence it anticipated to offer at a suppression hearing. The memoranda conflict about two facts. At the hearing, the Assistant U.S. Attorney explained that she filed the amended memorandum because "I noticed some factual errors" in the original one. At trial, the district court excluded the memoranda, preventing cross-examination of a police officer about inconsistencies between them and the officer's trial testimony. Killings asserts that these prior memoranda by the government are non-hearsay admissions by a party-opponent under Fed.R.Evid. 801(d)(2)(B). In this case, the government never manifested its adoption or belief in the truth of the facts in the memoranda because the government at most only "anticipates" what the facts would be, and within two days corrected the anticipated facts. See Fed.R.Evid. 801(d)(2)(B). In sum, the memoranda are unquestionably hearsay as they are statements, other than by the declarant while testifying at trial, offered in evidence for the truth of the matter. See Fed.R.Evid. 801(c). The district court did not err in refusing to admit the memoranda. See Fed.R.Evid. 802.
Killings further argues that the government violated Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), because it did not disclose the information upon which it made inconsistent statements in the memoranda. Additionally, he contends that the court erred in denying his motion to exclude expert testimony based upon the government's failure to give timely notice under Fed.R.Crim.P. 16(a)(1)(G), and abused its discretion in refusing to grant a continuance after denying the motion. Finally, Killings asserts that the district court plainly erred because the government's cross-examination of a defense witness infringed the jury's right to make credibility determinations.
Having reviewed the record and the applicable legal principles, this court finds no error. The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Donald J. Stohr, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.
. Killings's motion to supplement the record on appeal is granted.