U.S. v. DOUGLAS

No. 03-2566.

408 F.3d 922 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward M. DOUGLAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 25, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard N. Cox (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Edward M. Douglas, Terre Haute, IN, pro se.

Robert A. Alvarado (argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before MANION, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

Edward Douglas was monitored selling a quantity of drugs to a cooperating government informant. A jury convicted him of distributing cocaine base (crack) in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The district court determined that Douglas was a career offender and imposed the sentence of mandatory life in prison. On appeal Douglas challenges two evidentiary rulings and his sentence. We affirm.

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