U.S. v. JOY

No. 98-4034.

192 F.3d 761 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vernon JOY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia M. Kendall, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL; Demetra Lambros (argued), Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Douglas E. Whitney (argued), Office of the Federal Defender Program, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WOOD, Jr., RIPPLE, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Vernon Joy of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He challenges three rulings made by the district court in the course of his trial: the court's admission of a recording of a 911 call; the admission of testimony that Joy used the firearm in question in a burglary of a house; and the district court's denial of his motion for a mistrial based on prosecutorial vouching. Joy also contends that the district court erred in its...

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