United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction of defendant for conspiracy to distribute, possession with intent to distribute various controlled substances and sentence to a term of life imprisonment, ten years' supervised release, and a $200 special assessment are affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion in limiting cross-examination of a witness (co-defendant) concerning the nature of his arrest warrant, as the jury had abundant evidence to appraise the witness's motivation for testifying.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/26/2010
• Decided 04/27/2010
• Published 04/27/2010

Judges

• ST. EVE, District Judge., Before FLAUM and WOOD, Circuit Judges, and ST. EVE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Richard Cox, Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., George F. Taseff, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.