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UNITED STATES v. LAWSON

No. 80-2313.

653 F.2d 299 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darrell Eugene LAWSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Booth, Federal Public Defender, East St. Louis, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Lee Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., Peoria, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge, SPRECHER, Circuit Judge, and HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge.

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Darrell Eugene Lawson appeals from his conviction on one count of extortion that affected interstate commerce1 and one count of assault of a federal officer with a deadly weapon.2 He argues that lay testimony on the issue of his sanity was improperly admitted, that hearsay evidence in the testimony of the Government's psychiatric expert denied him the right to confront adverse...

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