Legal Opinion
United States v. Charles Whalen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 14, 1991No. 90-2031PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Charles Whalen, an inmate in a federal correctional facility, slashed the throat of a fellow inmate on July 3, 1989. On February 22, 1990, a jury convicted Mr. Whalen of assault with intent to commit murder. Mr. Whalen now appeals, raising a host of challenges to his trial and his sentence. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
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BACKGROUND
Inmates Calvin Otts and Mr. Whalen shared cell A-5 at the Federal Correctional Institution at Oxford, Wisconsin (FCI-Oxford). Otts and Mr. Whalen became cellmates by mutual consent more than two months…
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