Legal Opinion
United States v. Tomas Ortiz
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 31, 2007No. 05-4668PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Tomas Ortiz was found guilty, as a convicted felon, of possessing of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He appeals, arguing both that § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional and that the district court erred by admitting two pieces of evidence at his trial: testimony that Tomas and a government informant had together robbed a drug dealer six years earlier and a videotape showing Tomas preparing marijuana for sale. Because any error was harmless, we affirm.
The evidence that convicted Tomas Ortiz was primarily the testimony of FBI informant William Ortiz and…
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