Case: 08-30716 Document: 00511027591 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/12/2010
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Fifth Circuit
FILED
February 12, 2010
No. 08-30716
Conference Calendar Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
KEITH PARKER,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Louisiana
USDC No. 3:05-CR-89-1
Before GARZA, DENNIS, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Keith Parker argues that the
district court abused its discretion in denying his motion to sever his felon-in-
possession-of-a-firearm count because, despite a cautionary jury instruction, the
fact of his prior conviction alone created substantial jury prejudice warranting
reversal. This argument is foreclosed by United States v. Bullock, 71 F.3d 171,
175 (5th Cir. 1995), which held that proper jury instructions are sufficient to
cure any possible prejudice resulting from the joinder of a felon-in-possession-of-
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR . R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR .
R. 47.5.4.
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a-firearm count. The Government’s motion for summary affirmance is
GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
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