Legal Opinion
United States v. Wahid Shukri
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 15, 2000No. 99-2473PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Wahid Shukri was arrested and convicted for his participation in a string of cartage thefts. He now presents two issues on appeal. First, he argues that the district court wrongly denied his motion in limine to exclude inculpatory hearsay evidence under Rule 804(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Evidence. Second, he argues that his trial counsel was so incompetent that he was denied the right to effective assistance of counsel as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment. The district court properly admitted the inculpatory hearsay statements despite Shukri’s motion in limine, and…
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