United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction and sentence for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute are affirmed over defendant's challenges to: 1) the district court's failure to sua sponte order a competency hearing; 2) the district court's exclusion of evidence supporting defendant's coercion defense; and 3) a sentence enhancement for obstruction of justice.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/17/2007
• Published 10/17/2007

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John Blakey (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Abner J. Mikva, Melissa Currivan (argued), Law School Graduate, University of Chicago Center for Studies in Criminal Justice, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.