U.S. v. WELCH

No. 03-3638.

368 F.3d 970 (2004)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andre WELCH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 27, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Ex (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Terence F. MacCarthy, Imani Chiphe (argued), Office of the Federal Defender Program, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and MANION and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Chief Judge.

Andre Welch was convicted of the robbery of Illiana Federal Credit Union on February 28, 2003. He now appeals his conviction and argues that the district court abused its discretion by excluding expert testimony regarding the possible inaccuracy of eyewitness identifications. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On August 21, 1997 at approximately 11:20 a.m., there was a bank robbery at the Illiana Federal Credit...

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