U.S. v. COURTRIGHT

No. 09-2880.

632 F.3d 363 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carl A. COURTRIGHT, III, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicole E. Gorovsky (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Fairview Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Gareth G. Morris (argued), Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Carl Courtright was convicted of production, possession, and receipt of child pornography and sentenced to life plus ten years in prison. Courtright now appeals his conviction, claiming that evidence of a prior sexual assault was erroneously admitted at trial and that certain jury instructions were improper. While we agree that the evidence of Courtright's prior sexual assault was admitted erroneously and that some of the jury instructions may...

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