Legal Opinion
United States v. Wesley Bowman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 23, 2003No. 02-4387PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
On April 4, 2002, a jury convicted Wesley Bowman of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e). Bowman úrges us to grant him a new trial based on various errors he claims prevented the jury from rendering a fair verdict. Because we find no error in the proceedings below, we affirm.
I. Background
On Thanksgiving Day in 2000, two Chicago police officers stopped Bowman in an alley near his home after observing him driving without headlights after dark. The officer who approached Bowman in his vehicle asked him to produce his…
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