United States Seventh Circuit
US v. Adams, 08-4143
Defendant's conviction and sentence for possession with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, are affirmed where: 1) evidence of prior police encounters were directly related to the charged conspiracy, should not have been excluded under Rule 404(b) as prior bad act evidence, and was not unduly prejudicial under Rule 403; 2) any confrontation clause errors in the admissions of a confidential informant's statements were harmless; 3) the prosecutor's remarks did not deprive defendant of a fair trial; and 4) because the change in 21 U.S.C. section 841 of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 is not retroactive, it does not affect defendant's sentence.
Appellate Information
- Argued 02/22/2010
- Decided 12/13/2010
- Published 12/13/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit