U.S. v. WILLIS

No. 93-5484.

38 F.3d 170 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kathy Evelyn WILLIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Kermit Hill, Hill, Ellis, Walker, Hill & Shea, Sherman, TX (court-appointed), for appellant.

Traci L. Kenner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tyler, TX, Bob Wortham, U.S. Atty., Beaumont, TX, Clifford Stricklin, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Sherman, TX, for appellee.

Before JOHNSON, HIGGINBOTHAM and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Kathy Evelyn Willis was convicted on a jury verdict for carrying a firearm during, and in relation to, the commission of a drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1). She now appeals, assigning as error the trial court's exclusion of certain expert testimony concerning the battered woman's syndrome which she contends was relevant to her defense of duress. Also, Willis...

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