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Case: 21-40176        Document: 00516697837             Page: 1      Date Filed: 04/03/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit                                       United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                       Fifth Circuit

                                                                                       FILED
                                                                                     April 3, 2023
                                      No. 21-40176
                                                                                Lyle W. Cayce
                                    Summary Calendar
                                                                                     Clerk

   United States of America,

                                                                     Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Charles Orange,

                                                                 Defendant—Appellant.

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Eastern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 6:19-CR-4-1

   Before Richman, Chief Judge, and Stewart and Willett, Circuit
   Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
         A jury convicted Charles Orange of one count of possessing child
   pornography, and the district court sentenced him to 240 months of
   imprisonment followed by a life term of supervised release. Orange argues
   that the district court erred in permitting the Government to present
   evidence of his prior conviction for indecency with a child. We review the

         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 21-40176      Document: 00516697837           Page: 2   Date Filed: 04/03/2023

                                     No. 21-40176

   district court’s evidentiary ruling for an abuse of discretion. United States v.
   Dillon, 532 F.3d 379, 387 (5th Cir. 2008).
          The district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of
   Orange’s prior offense for indecency with a child. The evidence was
   admissible under Federal Rule of Evidence 414, and Orange fails to show that
   its probative value was substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair
   prejudice. See Fed. R. Evid. 403; Fed. R. Evid. 414(a). Moreover, the
   district court gave two limiting instructions. See United States v. Adair, 436
   F.3d 520, 527 (5th Cir. 2006).
          AFFIRMED.

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