Legal Opinion
United States v. Twaine Jones
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 24, 2001No. 00-3941PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Chief Judge.
Twaine Jones appeals his convictions for possession with intent to distribute various controlled substances as well as his sentence. He contends that impermissible character evidence was introduced at his trial and that the judge increased his sentence based on quantities of drugs that were not presented to the jury nor proven beyond a reasonable doubt. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.
I. Background
On August 10, 1998, police executed a search warrant at 1120 North 45th Street in Washington Park, Illinois. They discovered and seized crack cocaine, cocaine…
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