Legal Opinion
United States v. Bernard Foster
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 28, 2012No. 11-3097PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Bernard Foster sold crack cocaine to a paid confidential informant (“Cl”) through a series of controlled buys facilitated by federal agents. Foster was charged with several counts of knowingly and intentionally distributing cocaine base, and a jury ultimately convicted him on four separate counts. The district court sentenced him to serve 240 months’ imprisonment and 10 years’ supervised release. He now appeals his conviction, arguing that the district court improperly admitted evidence in violation of the Confrontation Clause and improperly rejected his request for a…
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