Legal Opinion
United States v. Kellie J. Myers
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 4, 1990No. 88-2349PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In 1988 a jury convicted Kellie Myers of conspiracy to interfere with the federal right (conferred by 42 U.S.C. § 3631(a)) to occupy a home without regard to one’s race, 18 U.S.C. § 241, and of related offenses. The judge sentenced her to four years in prison.
Four years earlier, the ear of a black couple who had just bought a home in Hobart, Indiana had been torched while parked outside the couple’s home. Kellie Myers lived with her parents in Hobart. The government’s evidence, if believed, established the following additional facts. Myers’ parents wanted to sell their…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- United States v. James DavenportCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
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