Opinion ID: 221841
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Heading: Admission of Certain Evidence

Text: In his next point on appeal, Wells contends that the district court committed plain error in (1) allowing the jury to hear testimony from a law enforcement official that Wells maintained a safe house, (2) admitting into evidence letters addressed to Wells that were found at the Tiffin House, and (3) admitting into evidence photos of contraband in Wells's vehicle. Wells did not object at trial to the admission of any of this evidence. He now maintains that this evidence was unduly prejudicial, presumably pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 403. When a defendant fails at trial to interpose a timely objection to the introduction of evidence that the district court admits, this court reviews that evidence's admission only for plain error. United States v. Adamson, 608 F.3d 1049, 1055 (8th Cir.2010) (citing United States v. Marcus, ___ U.S. ___, 130 S.Ct. 2159, 2163-64, 176 L.Ed.2d 1012 (2010)). To establish plain error [a defendant] must demonstrate that (1) there was an error that he did not affirmatively waive, (2) the error was clear and obvious, (3) the error affected his substantial rights, and (4) the error seriously affected the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings. Id. Wells has wholly failed to show how the admission of any of this evidence constituted plain error. Even assuming that there was error, Wells has not shown that any of these errors affected his substantial rights or the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of the proceedings. Accordingly, the district court did not plainly err in admitting this evidence.