UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-4060
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
JEFFREY BRADFORD,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, Chief
District Judge. (CR-01-128-BO)
Submitted: August 16, 2002 Decided: August 30, 2002
Before WILLIAMS and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Thomas P. McNamara, Federal Public Defender, Stephen C. Gordon,
Assistant Federal Public Defender, Raleigh, North Carolina, for
Appellant. Frank D. Whitney, United States Attorney, Anne M. Hayes,
Thomas B. Murphy, Assistant United States Attorneys, Raleigh, North
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Jeffrey Bradford appeals his conviction following a jury trial
of one count of armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. §
2114(a), (d) (2000). Bradford was sentenced to 300 months in prison
and five years of supervised release. We affirm.
Bradford argues that the district court erred when it
interrupted the testimony of a government witness, Christopher
Gendreau, and then permitted the Government to recall witness Jeff
Hensley in order to lay the appropriate foundation for Hensley’s
co-conspirator statements under Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(2)(E). Under
Fed. R. Evid. 611(a), the district court has broad authority to
exercise reasonable control over the interrogation of witnesses and
the presentation of evidence. We review the district court’s
control over the presentation of witnesses for abuse of discretion.
See United States v. Tindle, 808 F.2d 319, 328 (4th Cir. 1986). We
have reviewed the record and find no abuse of discretion.
Accordingly, we affirm Bradford’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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