Legal Opinion
United States v. Collins
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 10, 2010No. 09-2360PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted appellant Keith Collins of possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute it and of conspiring to do the same. Collins argues that the district court erroneously denied his motion to suppress the evidence against him, that evidence of his gun ownership and certain cocaine sales should not have been admitted against him at trial, and that the district court should have granted a mistrial. Also, when Collins was sentenced, the district court quite reasonably believed that it could not consider the disparity between the sentencing guidelines for crack…
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