Legal Opinion
United States v. John Beard
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 11, 2004No. 03-2509PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
John Beard appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, for carrying a gun during and in relation to a drug offense, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A), on the ground that no reasonable jury could have found him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, so thin was the evidence, which, construed as favorably to the government as the record permits (as we are required to do), is as follows. Acting on an informant’s tip, police staked out a parking lot. They watched as two cars parked next to one another. Beard got out of the passenger side of one of them, entered the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Muscarello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Moore v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Warren Lee Harris v. Marvin ReedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Wayne Morris MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
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