Legal Opinion
United States v. Tony L. Groce
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 28, 1993No. 92-3285PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted the defendant of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and the trial court sentenced him as an armed career criminal to 20 years in prison. On appeal, the defendant challenges the trial court’s exclusion of the out-of-court exculpatory statement of a witness who failed to appear at trial; he also contends the court erred in finding him an armed career criminal for sentencing pur poses. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
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- United States v. Carlos Garcia and Jose Luis GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by26 opinions
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