UNITED STATES v. JORDAN

Nos. 82-2690, 83-1145.

722 F.2d 353 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Stanley JORDAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 7, 1983.

As Amended December 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Maassen, Hoagland, Maucker, Bernard & Almeter, Alton, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

David E. Risley, Asst. U.S. Atty., Danville, Ill., Gerald D. Fines, U.S. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


GRANT, Senior District Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Charles Jordan appeals his conviction of aggravated battery, 18 U.S.C. § 13 (1976) and Ill.Ann.Stat. ch. 38, § 12-4(b)(6) (Smith-Hurd 1979), and of resisting a peace officer, 18 U.S.C. § 13 (1976) and Ill.Ann.Stat. ch. 38, § 31-1 (Smith-Hurd 1977). Jordan raises three issues on appeal:

1. Whether the prosecutor's references to "prior bad acts" denied Jordan a fair trial; 2. Whether...

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