Legal Opinion
United States v. Spencer Ray Tilmon
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 24, 1994No. 93-2329PublishedCited by 189 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
A jury found the defendant, Spencer Ray Tilmon, guilty of the armed robbery of a Wisconsin bank, and the court sentenced him to 70 months’ imprisonment. On appeal, Til-mon contends that the police transformed an investigatory stop into an arrest without probable cause; that the government failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; and that the district court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the meaning of reasonable doubt. We affirm.
I. FACTS
Before trial, a hearing was held on Til-mon’s motion to suppress. The evidence related to an alleged unlawful…
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