Legal Opinion
United States v. Bill S. Conn, Sr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 21, 2002No. 01-3506PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Bill S. Conn, Sr., was convicted of one count of willfully dealing in firearms without a license in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(1)(A) and 924(a)(1)(D). He was sentenced to a two-year prison term. He now appeals his conviction and submits that expert testimony was admitted improperly. He further contends that the jury could not have convicted him on the sixth count after having acquitted him on five related counts. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
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BACKGROUND
A. Facts
Acting on a tip from a local firearms…
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