Legal Opinion
United States v. Proano
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 7, 2019No. 17-3466PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
St. Eve, Circuit Judge.
On-duty officer Marco Proano fired sixteen shots at a moving sedan filled with teenagers until the car idled against a light pole. He hit two passengers. The government charged Proano with two counts of willful deprivation of constitutional rights, one for each injured passenger, and a jury convicted on both counts. 18 U.S.C. § 242. Proano appeals, claiming both pretrial and trial errors. We affirm.
I. Background
A. The Shooting
Around 5:00 p.m. on December 22, 2013, two Chicago Police Department (CPD) officers, Ken Flaherty and Jonathan Morlock, stopped a gray Toyota…
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