Opinion ID: 660947
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Heading: Admission of the Firearm Seized From Jeffus

Text: 10 Kennedy claims that the district court committed reversible error by admitting into evidence a firearm seized from co-conspirator Jeffus before Kennedy became part of the conspiracy. Assuming arguendo that the evidence should not have been admitted, its admission amounts to harmless error. A nonconstitutional error is harmless if it is  'highly probable that the error did not affect the judgment.'  United States v. Nyman, 649 F.2d 208, 212 (4th Cir.1980) (citation omitted). 11 In light of the evidence of Kennedy's involvement in the drug conspiracy introduced at trial and the fact that she was not charged with any firearms violations, it is highly probable that the admission of the firearm seized from Jeffus did not affect the jury's verdict.