UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-4626
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
ERIK G. TYLER,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Alexander Williams, Jr., District Judge.
(CR-00-121-AW)
Submitted: December 20, 2000 Decided: January 8, 2001
Before WILKINS, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James Wyda, Federal Public Defender, Beth M. Farber, Assistant
Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Lynne
A. Battaglia, United States Attorney, Steven M. Dettelbach, As-
sistant United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Eric G. Tyler appeals his conviction for possession of a fire-
arm by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)
(West Supp. 2000). We affirm.
Tyler contends that the district court erred by excluding
photographic evidence presented by defense counsel. “[D]ecisions
regarding the admission and exclusion of evidence are peculiarly
within the province of the district court, not to be reversed on
appeal absent an abuse of discretion.” United States v. Ellis, 121
F.3d 908, 926 (4th Cir. 1997) (citation omitted).
We have reviewed the record and briefs and find that the dis-
trict court did not abuse its discretion by excluding the photo-
graph. Accordingly, we affirm Tyler’s conviction. We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument
would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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