Legal Opinion
United States v. Christopher Seals
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 23, 2016No. 15-1372PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PALLMEYER, District Judge.
Three armed men robbed a bank in Fort Wayne, Indiana on Valentine’s Day 2013. A jury determined that Christopher Seals was one of those men, convicting him in September 2014 of armed bank robbery, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. The district court sentenced Seals to 272 months in prison. On appeal, Seals argues that his conviction should be reversed because the government introduced improper propensity evidence. He also argues that his sentence should be vacated due to the district court’s…
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