Opinion ID: 1399696
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Testimony about the uncharged .22 revolver and 9mm ammunition

Text: Harris also objects to the district court's admission of evidence regarding the .22 revolver and 9mm ammunition that officers recovered from his girlfriend's residence, but for which he was not charged. We can quickly dispose of this final evidentiary challenge because the evidence was admissible under Rule 404(b). See Ross, 510 F.3d at 713. The government was entitled to introduce evidence of the .22 revolver and the 9mm ammunition to rebut Harris's defense that the 9mm pistol found at his house was not histhe ammunition was particularly probative on this point. See United States v. Tylkowski, 9 F.3d 1255, 1262 (7th Cir.1993) ([T]he government was entitled to introduce the challenged weapons to rebut Richard's claim that [he] lacked the requisite knowledge of the contents of the sealed boxes.). And as with the testimony of other drug deals, the .22 revolver and the 9mm ammunition were also relevant to prove that Harris intended to distribute the drugs found during the searches. The evidence was found in the same search as the drugs and weapons that supported the charges in the indictment, and the evidence clearly supported a jury verdict on a felon-in-possession count. We agree with the district court that the addition of testimony about the second gun and ammunition did not add unfair prejudice, and the district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the evidence. Dennis, 497 F.3d at 768.