U.S. v. AMERSON

No. 97-4097.

185 F.3d 676 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert AMERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 23, 1999.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley W. Murphy (argued), Office of U.S. Attorney, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

George F. Taseff (argued), Office of Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, COFFEY and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

On July 15, 1997, the defendant-appellant Robert Amerson ("Amerson") was convicted before a jury of possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). On appeal, Amerson argues that the trial court committed error: 1.) in refusing to allow the introduction of the affidavit of Timothy Heard; 2.) in refusing to find that the prosecutor improperly distorted the burden of proof during closing argument...

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