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UNITED STATES v. THOMPSON

No. 85-2378.

807 F.2d 585 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard L. THOMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee T. Lawless, Asst. Federal Public Defender, St. Louis, Mo., for defendant-appellant.

Laura J. Jones, Asst. U.S. Atty., Benton, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POSNER and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

The primary questions presented in this appeal from the defendant's conviction for the use of a dangerous weapon to assault a correctional officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111 are whether (1) the government presented sufficient evidence to convict; (2) a weapon was properly admitted into evidence; (3) the district court properly restricted the defendant's cross-examination of a government witness; and (4) voir dire was properly...

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