Legal Opinion
United States v. Dennis J. Williams
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 30, 1997No. 96-2557PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
A jury found Dennis Williams guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court sentenced him as an Armed Career Criminal. Williams raises three chai lenges to his conviction and one to his sentence. We reject them all.
I. History
On March 11, 1995, Dennis Williams (“Williams”) and his girlfriend Darcell Franklin (“Darcell”) were shopping at the St. Clair Mall in Fairview Heights, Illinois. Williams drew the attention of other shoppers in the parking lot because he had somehow locked himself inside Darcell’s car and was calling for help. Shoppers brought…
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