http://www.oyez.org/issues/criminal-procedure/presentation/ U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us http://www.oyez.org/images/oyezfeed.jpg U.S. Supreme Court Audio Recordings, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) Tue, 07 Oct 1980 12:00:00 -0500 No details yet. No details yet. 78-1841_19801007-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1980/1980_78_1841/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Wed, 16 Oct 1996 12:00:00 -0500 <p>Johnny Lynn Old Chief was involved in a disturbance involving gunfire. Subsequently, Old Chief was charged with violating federal law, 18 U. S. C. Section(s) 922(g)(1), which prohibits possession of a firearm by anyone with a prior felony conviction. The earlier crime that was charged in the indictment against Old Chief was assault causing serious bodily injury. Old Chief moved for an order requiring the Government to refrain from revealing the name and nature of his prior assault conviction, which, he argued, would unfairly tax the jury's capacity to hold the Government to its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, in violation of Federal Rules of Evidence, on current charges of assault, possession, and violence with a firearm. Old Chief offered to stipulate, or concede, to the fact of the prior conviction without releasing its name or nature. The Government refused to join the stipulation. The Government argued it had the right to present its own evidence of the prior conviction. The District Court ruled in favor of the Government. In affirming the conviction, the Court of Appeals found that the Government was entitled to introduce probative evidence to prove the prior offense regardless of the stipulation offer.</p> <p>Does a District Court have the authority to reject a defendant's offer to conceded a prior conviction and admit the prosecution's presentation of it when the name or nature of the conviction raises the risk of a verdict tainted by improper considerations, and when the purpose of the evidence is solely to prove the element of prior conviction?</p> 95-6556_19961016-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_95_6556/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Wed, 02 Dec 1992 12:00:00 -0500 No details yet. No details yet. 91-1300_19921202-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1992/1992_91_1300/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Mon, 20 Apr 1992 12:00:00 -0500 No details yet. No details yet. 91-872_19920420-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1991/1991_91_872/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist Wed, 22 Jan 1992 12:00:00 -0500 No details yet. No details yet. 90-1972_19920122-argument http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1991/1991_90_1972/argument/ supreme, court, oyez, rehnquist