United States Seventh Circuit
US v. Prieto, 07-3484, 07-3485
Convictions of two defendants for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine are affirmed over objections regarding: 1) testimony concerning defendants' silence after their arrest; 2) admission of testimony concerning a connection to another drug investigation; 3) admissibility of statements made by a witness during a jail phone conversation; 4) chain of custody of the methamphetamine exhibits; and 5) lack of an in-court identification of defendants.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/02/2008
- Published 12/02/2008
Judges
- MANION, Circuit Judge., Before MANION, WOOD, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Thomas S. Ratcliffe (argued), Daniel L. Bella, Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Adam Tavitas, Charles E. Stewart, Merrillville, IN, for Defendants-Appellants.