United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction for voter fraud is affirmed over defendant's challenge to three rulings at trial concerning the admission of testimony, the denial of an opportunity for the defendant to submit testimony, and a refusal to give the jury defendant's preferred instruction on the theory of the defense.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/06/2006
• Decided 06/14/2007
• Published 06/14/2007

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Gordon P. Giampietro (argued), Gregory J. Haanstad, Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Joshua T. Buchman, Purvi G. Patel (argued), McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.