United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction of defendant for dealing crack cocaine is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not commit error in allowing a forensic chemist's testimony at defendant's trial; and 2) the court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of drugs without witness testimony as to how the drugs were handled during testing.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/14/2009
• Decided 01/12/2010
• Published 01/12/2010

Judges

• VAN BOKKELEN, District Judge., Before ROVNER and EVANS, Circuit Judges, and VAN BOKKELEN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• David Reinhard, Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Hari Santhanam, Attorney, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.