United States v. Timothy Short

48 F.3d 1229 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Timothy SHORT, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-10267. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 13, 1994. Decided March 8, 1995. Before: SCHROEDER, D.W. NELSON, and CANBY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Appellant Timothy Short appeals his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 922 (g)(1). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We affirm. BACKGROUND 3 Short was convicted after a second trial in which the government was permitted to introduce into evidence, through the testimony of police officers, the hearsay declarations of an unidentified declarant, alleging that Short had attempted to rob him at gunpoint. The focus of Short's appeal is the district court's ruling that these statements were admissible. 4 Prior to Short's first trial, the district court ruled in favor of…