Opinion ID: 656636
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Heading: Grounds for This Appeal

Text: 10 On appeal, Joe asserts the following errors: (1) Dr. Smoker's testimony that Melvin had previously raped and threatened Ms. Joe was inadmissible hearsay evidence and prejudicial other acts evidence which violated his rights under the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause; (2) Dr. Smoker's testimony of Joe's prior incarceration violated his due process rights under the Fifth Amendment; (3) the government's peremptory strike of the only Native American juror on the venire violated his right to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment; (4) the trial court's admission of photographs of the two victims violated his rights to due process and a fair trial; (5) the trial court's jury instruction on malice aforethought violated his rights to due process and a fair trial; (6) the trial court's determination that life imprisonment is the mandatory minimum sentence for first degree murder was improper under the United States Sentencing Guidelines; and (7) the trial court's imposition of a life sentence for second degree murder was improper under the Guidelines. 11