Legal Opinion
United States v. Marcus L. Harris
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 6, 2001No. 00-3884PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
The defendant Marcus Harris appeals his conviction for selling powdered cocaine in the city of Springfield, Ill., on November 11, 1998, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). A jury found Harris guilty as charged and he was sentenced to 360 months imprisonment, six years supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. On direct appeal of his conviction, Harris argues that the prosecutor’s closing argument included improper commentary on his failure to testify, his courtroom behavior, and misstatements of the burden of proof, and he also claims that the trial *693judge…
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