United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction for participating in a drug conspiracy in which a gun was used and a death resulted from that use is affirmed where exclusion of defendant's proffer of nondefendant Rule 404(b) evidence was proper since the defendant could not show a pattern of criminal conduct by a third person and that the present case fit that pattern. Moreover, any error was harmless.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/06/2006
• Decided 01/24/2007
• Published 01/24/2007

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas Edward Leggans (argued), Benton, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Michael J. Gonring, Lars E. Gulbrandsen (argued), Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.