Legal Opinion
United States v. Schalk
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 12, 2008No. 06-2142PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellant Steven Schalk brings this appeal, challenging various evi-dentiary rulings made during his jury trial in the district court. In particular, Schalk argues that the district court erred by allowing the government to introduce hearsay to bolster its cooperating witnesses’ testimony, and that the evidence presented failed to prove that Schalk conspired to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, such that no reasonable jury could find Schalk guilty of that crime. We AffiRM in toto.
I. Background
Schalk was a drug dealer in the Chica-goland area. He…
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