United States Seventh Circuit

Defendant's conviction for drug possession with intent to distribute is affirmed over his challenges to the trial court's 1)admission of a prior drug conviction into evidence, and 2)refusal to instruct the jury on the lesser-included offense of simple possession.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/26/2004
• Decided 04/22/2005
• Published 04/22/2005

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Iasparro (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Rockford, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Paul Flynn (argued), Federal Defender Program, Rockford, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.