Legal Opinion
United States v. Cornell R. Byrd
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 31, 2000No. 99-2480PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Cornell Byrd appeals his conviction of assault on and interfering with federal officers, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111. Byrd represented himself in the trial court. He was convicted and sentenced to 3 years in prison on top of a 10-year term he was already serving.
In 1998 Byrd was a 47-year-old federal prisoner doing time at the Federal Correctional Institution in Oxford, Wisconsin, when his testimony was requested by the defense in a federal trial in Chicago. Because no U.S. marshals were available, Chicago police officer Daniel Brannigan and ATF agent…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- United States v. Samuel B. CerroCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Craig Chapman and Jack E. WrightCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
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