Legal Opinion
United States v. Phil Lamont Trent
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 13, 2017No. 16-3960PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellant Phil Trent distributed heroin that killed Tyler Corzette. He was charged in a five-count indictment, which included two counts related to Cor-zette’s death.
At trial, Trent objected to testimony of two of the government’s witnesses: Kyle Hull and Curtis Land. -Like Trent, these witnesses had also been charged’with distribution of heroin resulting in Corzette’s death, but each pled guilty to'that charge pursuant to a plea agreement.
Trent sought to impeach Hull and Land based on their plea agreements. Specifically, he wanted to question them about the…
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