United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction for attempted drug possession and distribution and witness tampering is affirmed over defendant's arguments that: 1) venue was improper; 2) the district court erred in not instructing the jury on venue; and 3) his constitutional rights were infringed when the government introduced evidence of a phone call made to his attorney.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/14/2007
• Published 09/14/2007

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Mel S. Johnson, Elizabeth M. Blackwood (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Jerome F. Buting (argued), Buting & Williams, Brookfield, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.