Legal Opinion
United States v. Johnny J. Jackson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 12, 2007No. 05-4309PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal we consider the admissibility of evidence of an out-of-court experiment conducted in order to rebut a criminally accused’s version of events. Johnny Jackson was tried and convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. One of the key components of his defense was that at the time he was alleged to have committed a shooting and to have possessed a gun, he was actually picking up his girlfriend from work. To rebut the alibi, the government sent a deputy United States Marshal to see how long it would take to drive from the scene of the shooting to…
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