Part of an occasional series. I was watching the news the other day and one of the reporters questioned an appellate expert about an ongoing trial. As David Finfrock was telling us just how long this heat wave was going to last, I looked up the expert on Google. The reporter was right; this guy was one of the best in the state. I did some rummaging around and found some of his appellate briefs. Here is a statement of facts from one of his latest appeals. Statement of Facts The government filed written pre-trial notice that it would introduce evidence of Appellant’s 19__ prior felony conviction in Tarrant County, Texas for credit card abuse pursuant to Fed.R.Evid. 404(b), because Appellant “has indicated, at…