U.S. v. BOWMAN

No. 02-4387.

353 F.3d 546 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wesley BOWMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 23, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel Cannon (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Phillip A. Turner (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

On April 4, 2002, a jury convicted Wesley Bowman of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e). Bowman urges us to grant him a new trial based on various errors he claims prevented the jury from rendering a fair verdict. Because we find no error in the proceedings below, we affirm.

I. Background

On Thanksgiving Day in 2000, two Chicago police officers stopped Bowman in...

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