Legal Opinion
United States v. Kelly
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 10, 2008No. 06-1808PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted of Vernell Kelly of knowingly possessing a firearm following a felony conviction, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and knowingly and intentionally possessing, with the intent to distribute, crack cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The district court ordered him to serve a prison term of 235 months. Kelly appeals, contending that the evidence was insufficient to establish his possession of both the firearm and the cocaine underlying one of the two narcotics charges against him, that the evidence did not adequately establish that the…
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