Legal Opinion
United States v. Kathy Evelyn Willis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 20, 1994No. 93-5484PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Kathy Evelyn Willis was convicted on a jury verdict for carrying a firearm during, and in relation to, the commission of a drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1). She now appeals, assigning as error the trial court’s exclusion of certain expert testimony concerning the battered woman’s syndrome which she contends was relevant to her defense of duress. Also, Willis argues that the trial court erred in denying her motion for acquittal and in instructing the jury on her duress defense. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.
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