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U.S. v. POWELL

No. 10-2535.

652 F.3d 702 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marcus T. POWELL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 13, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kit R. Morrissey,   Angela Scott (argued), Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney, Fairview Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jeffrey Michael Brandt (argued), Attorney, Robinson & Brandt, Covington, KY, James A. Gomric, Attorney, O'Gara & Gomric, P.C., Belleville, IL, Daniel T. Hansmeier, Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Springfield, IL, Richard H. Parsons, Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Marcus T. Powell, Edwardsville, IL, pro se.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted appellant Marcus T. Powell of two counts of distributing crack cocaine, and the district court sentenced him to 420 months' imprisonment for those offenses. Powell now claims that evidence offered against him regarding his other drug dealing activity was inadmissible, that the jury was allowed to hear testimony regarding his likely sentence if convicted, and that the court should not have instructed the jury on an aiding-and...

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