Legal Opinion
United States v. Christopher J. Bitterman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 25, 2003No. 02-2128PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
On December 19, 2001, Defendant-Appellant Christopher Bitterman (“Bitter-man”) was convicted before a jury of armed bank robbery and now appeals his conviction, arguing that the district court erred by: (1) excluding certain testimony as “collateral” that Bitterman claims had impeachment value; (2) allowing the prosecution to “place an undue influence” on Bitterman’s heroin addiction; and (3) improperly instructing the jury. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On the morning of August 10, 2001, Bit-terman and his friend, Michael Andersen (“Andersen”), decided to rob a bank in…
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