Legal Opinion
United States v. Dennis D. Best
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 10, 2001No. 00-2901PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Dennis Best asks us to vacate his conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute in excess of five grams of crack cocaine and to grant him a new trial. Best argues that the district court committed reversible error in admitting evidence of his prior conviction for possession of crack cocaine and of various incidents surrounding the prior offense under fed.R.Evid. 404(b). In the alternative, Best objects to his sentence, contending on various grounds that the district court erred in sentencing him as a career offender. For the reasons set…
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