Legal Opinion
United States v. Ivy Tucker
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 30, 2013No. 12-1281PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Following a three-day jury trial, Ivy T. Tucker was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A). Tucker was sentenced to 480 months’ imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release. On appeal, Tucker argues he was denied a fair trial because of misconduct by the prosecutor and the improper admittance of- “dual capacity” evidence testimony of a police officer. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On May 12, 2009, Tucker and nine co-defendants were charged with…
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