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U.S. v. LEIGHT

No. 86-1274.

818 F.2d 1297 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Karen Irene Shores LEIGHT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 5, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex L. Reu, Thomson, Weintraub & Thompson, Bloomington, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Paul L. Kanter, Asst. U.S. Atty., Frances Hulin, U.S. Atty., U.S. Attorney's Office, Danville, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUDAHY and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 9, 1987.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted defendant-appellant Karen Leight of murder in the second degree for causing the death of her infant son Daniel on a military reservation. Karen appeals the conviction on grounds that the district court improperly admitted "similar act" evidence, that the government destroyed significant evidence and that federal jurisdiction was not adequately proven. We affirm.

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