Legal Opinion
United States v. Hicks
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 4, 2011No. 09-3608PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
A jury found Billy Hicks guilty of one count of knowingly distributing cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Hicks appeals his conviction, arguing that the district court made several errors during trial. We find that the district court did not err when it dismissed a juror for cause based on her relationship to a witness, admitted tape recordings between Hicks and a confidential informant, and allowed federal agents to testify about their personal observations. However, because we find that the district court improperly allowed evidence of Hicks’s prior…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Huddleston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- United States v. Alan ShacklefordCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Orlando ZapataCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Michael F. GoodappleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- United States v. WarnerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
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