Legal Opinion
United States v. DiSantis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 4, 2009No. 07-3692PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted police officer James DiSantis of depriving a suspect’s right to be free from unreasonable seizure, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242. On appeal, DiSantis raises several challenges to the jury instructions given at his trial. Finding no reversible error in the instructions, we affirm the conviction.
I. Background
On September 3, 2003, DiSantis, an officer of the Cicero, Illinois Police Department, passed Jennifer Pine while driving through Chicago. DiSantis knew of prior criminal activity by Pine, as well as by her two passengers, Stephen Roden and Robert…
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