Legal Opinion
United States v. Brian Lawrence
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 2, 2015No. 13-3205PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
As part of a routine parole compliance check, state parole agents searched convicted felon Brian Lawrence’s residence and found cocaine and ammunition. A jury acquitted him of the ammunition charge, but convicted him of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Lawrence appeals, arguing that the government failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, that the district court improperly denied his motion in limine to preclude dog-sniff evidence and his motion for a mistrial, that the jury instructions were misleading and finally, that his sentence was…
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