UNITED STATES v. SHACKLEFORD

No. 82-3052.

738 F.2d 776 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alan SHACKLEFORD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Sonnemaker, Sonnemaker, Sonnemaker & Vespa, Peoria, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Mark D. Stuaan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Gerald D. Fines, U.S. Atty., Peoria, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, and WOOD and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Alan Shackleford appeals his convictions for attempting to collect a debt by the use of extortionate means in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 894 (1976) and for knowingly possessing unregistered explosives in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871 (1976). Defendant contends that the district court abused its discretion by admitting into evidence testimony concerning an allegedly similar instance...

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