Legal Opinion
United States v. William Boswell
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 26, 2014No. 13-3641PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted defendant-appellant, William Boswell (“Boswell”), of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court sentenced Boswell under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), to 235 months — a bit over nineteen and a half years — imprisonment, with a five-year term of probation to follow. Boswell challenges both his conviction and sentence on appeal. In regard to his conviction, he argues that the district court committed reversible error when it permitted the government to elicit testimony…
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