United States Seventh Circuit

A bank robbery conviction is affirmed where 1) testimony surrounding a gun was properly excluded as "collateral", 2) admission of defendant's past heroin use was not plain error, and 3) a supplemental jury instruction did not place undue influence on that instruction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/29/2002
• Decided 02/25/2003
• Published 02/25/2003

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, COFFEY, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John G. McKenzie (argued), Office of U.S. Attorney, Rockford, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Rene Hernandez (argued), Rockford, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.