Legal Opinion
United States v. Fouse
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 24, 2009No. 07-3945PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Alvin Fouse was convicted after a jury trial of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), and possession of a firearm in furtherance of that conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). He was sentenced to a total of 270 months’ imprisonment. On appeal Fouse argues that the evidence underlying his convictions is insufficient, that both the district court’s decision to give the jury a “dynamite charge” during its deliberations and the charge itself were in error, and that his prison term for the drug conspiracy is unreasonable. We reject each of these contentions…
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