United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon are affirmed over defendant's arguments that: 1) the district court should have granted him a new trial after excluding cross-examination of police officers regarding complaints and reprimands against them under the Federal Rules of Evidence; 2) he was denied due process of law when the prosecution did not call certain witnesses or offer evidence that an individual had changed her story; and 3) the district court did not make independent findings of fact or sufficiently explain its reasons under 18 U.S.C. section 3553(a) for imposing a sentence of 200 months' imprisonment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/08/2006
• Decided 05/15/2007
• Published 05/15/2007

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Barry Rand Elden (argued), Chief of Appeals, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Stanley L. Hill (argued), Dalal M. Jarad, Hill & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.