Opinion ID: 757422
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Text: HENRY, J. 1 In February 1997, a grand jury entered a one-count indictment charging Jude T. Akins, a convicted felon, with violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) by possessing a firearm. At trial, over Mr. Akins's objection, the district court admitted testimony from two police officers and from Ms. Lissie Purenell that on December 29, 1996, Evelyn Culpepper and her children told them that Mr. Akins had threatened Ms. Culpepper with a pair of guns earlier that night. The jury subsequently found Mr. Akins guilty as charged. Mr. Akins now appeals that conviction, arguing that the district court erred by admitting the testimony of the police officers and Ms. Purenell. Because the district court did not abuse its discretion when it admitted this testimony, we affirm Mr. Akins's conviction.