U.S. v. JAMES

No. 05-1411.

464 F.3d 699 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis JAMES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 22, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy A. Bass (argued), Office of the United States Attorney Urbana Division, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jonathan E. Hawley, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, ROVNER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Following a jury trial, Louis James was convicted of possession of more than fifty grams of crack cocaine (Count I), possession of and carrying a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (Count II), and possession of a firearm by a felon (Count III). He was sentenced to 360 months' imprisonment. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence on the carrying prong of Count II, complains of a number of errors in the jury instructions...

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