Legal Opinion
United States v. Turner
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 12, 2010No. 08-3109PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN BOKKELEN, District Judge.
Danny Turner was convicted by a jury of three counts of dealing crack cocaine. The district court sentenced him to 210 months of imprisonment on each count, to be served concurrently. Turner appeals, arguing that the district court should not have allowed a chemist to testify at trial about the nature of the drug exhibits because the chemist did not himself test those exhibits. Turner also believes that the district court should not have admitted the drugs into evidence because the government did not establish a proper chain of custody. We conclude that the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- United States v. Tran Trong Cuong, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
- United States v. MoonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
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3Cited by34 opinions
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