United States Seventh Circuit

Convictions for possession and conspiracy to distribute cocaine are affirmed where: 1) evidence of prior drug relationships was properly admitted; 2) evidence of the details of a physical attack in which defendants were not involved was not prejudicial; 3) a photo intended to be used to impeach a witness was properly excluded; 4) a prior statement of a witness was properly excluded as irrelevant; and 5) the prosecutor's characterization of a defendant's anticipated closing argument as a "standard" argument made by drug defendants was improper, but did not prejudice defendant.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/16/2008
• Decided 07/23/2008
• Published 07/23/2008

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Timothy M. O'Shea (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Ralph E. Meczyk, Meczyk & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant., Joseph L. Sommers (argued), Oregon, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.