Legal Opinion
United States v. Brian K. Ellis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 22, 2006No. 05-3942PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
After being convicted at trial on three counts of illegal possession of firearms, Brian K. Ellis was sentenced as an armed career criminal to 300 months’ imprisonment. He now raises three issues on appeal, including one argument relying on the decision of Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004). We affirm.
I. HISTORY
Ellis was pulled over in Gibson County, Indiana, when a police officer noticed him driving erratically. He failed some initial field sobriety tests, but a field test for the presence of alcohol came up negative. With the…
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