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U.S. v. HALL

Nos. 86-2203, 86-2275.

854 F.2d 1036 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andrea HALL and Richard Magnant, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan A. Ackerman, Allan A. Ackerman P.C., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Mitchell A. Mars, Asst. U.S. Atty., Anton Valukas, U.S. Atty., Organized Crime & Racketeering Sec., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Andrea Hall and Richard Magnant were convicted of conspiring to possess and distribute cocaine. They1 appeal from their conviction alleging that: (1) the district court improperly instructed the jury on a definition of "reasonable doubt;" (2) the trial court committed prejudicial error by instructing the jury that trial witnesses are assumed to speak the truth; (3) the government...

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