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U.S. v. MATTHEWS

No. 06-1869.

505 F.3d 698 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald MATTHEWS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 11, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hal Goldsmith, Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Fairview Heights, IL, George A. Norwood (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Benton, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Travis L. Noble, Jr. (argued), Sindel, Sindel & Noble, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before MANION, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

During the fall of 2004, Ronald Matthews, the Chief of Police of the East St. Louis, Illinois Police Department, confronted an age-old question: how far to go to help a friend? The friend, Ayoub ("Dave") Qattoum, was a gun-toting auxiliary officer of the Department and a convicted felon. After an altercation with another officer ended in Qattoum's arrest and the seizure of his firearm, Qattoum called Matthews for help, and Matthews...

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