Opinion ID: 593395
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Admission of the Gun as Evidence of Interstate Movement.

Text: 32 Thody argues that the Llama nine millimeter pistol found on the passenger side of the getaway car was improperly admitted as proof that he used a weapon that had travelled in interstate commerce, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The government offers no other evidence to prove that the weapon had moved interstate, relying solely on the manufacturer's Made in Spain marking on the gun itself. Thody contends that the stamp Made in Spain found on the butt of the gun is hearsay, and was thus inadmissible to prove the gun's place of origin. However, he did not object to the admission of the weapon at the time it was offered as evidence. Rather, he raised the issue later in the trial as part of his Fed.R.Crim.P. 29 motion for a judgment of acquittal. 33 When an objection is not timely made, appellate review of the admissibility of the evidence is governed by the plain error standard. United States v. Devous, 764 F.2d 1349, 1353 (10th Cir.1985). A plain error is an error that is  'obvious, or ... seriously affect[s] the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings....'  Id. (quoting United States v. Atkinson, 297 U.S. 157, 160, 56 S.Ct. 391, 392, 80 L.Ed. 555 (1936)). It is  'error so plain the trial judge and prosecutor were derelict in countenancing it, even absent the defendant's timely assistance in detecting it.'  Id. (quoting United States v. Frady, 456 U.S. 152, 163, 102 S.Ct. 1584, 1592, 71 L.Ed.2d 816 (1982)); see United States v. Saucedo, 950 F.2d 1508, 1511 (10th Cir.1991) (the plain error rule is to be used only in those circumstances in which a miscarriage of justice would result); United States v. Lonedog, 929 F.2d 568, 570 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 112 S.Ct. 164, 116 L.Ed.2d 129 (1991). 34 There was no such error here. Furthermore, the manufacturer's imprint in the gun is not hearsay. It is technically not an assertion by a declarant as contemplated by the Rule. For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of conviction is AFFIRMED. The mandate shall issue forthwith.