Legal Opinion
United States v. Irby
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 11, 2009No. 08-1307PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
DeMarco Irby was indicted for possessing with intent to distribute more than five grams of crack in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). After a two-day trial, a jury found Irby guilty of that offense. Irby appeals his conviction, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and the admission of several out-of-court statements made by a confidential informant (“Cl”). We affirm.
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In its opening statement, the government told the jury that the evidence would show that an officer of the Peoria, Illinois Police Department “received evidence” that Irby was trafficking drugs from…
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- Tennessee v. StreetSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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