United States v. Addison, No. 14-2515 (7th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseIn 2012 Illinois State Police witnessed and videotaped Addison participating in crack cocaine sales at a drug house in East St. Louis. A jury later found him guilty of possession and distribution of cocaine base. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, noting that the evidence against Addison was strong and rejecting Addison’s claim that his right to a fair trial was undermined because the government’s case agent testified that he had never prosecuted the wrong person, that one of Addison’s co-criminals had a firearm, and that the surrounding neighborhood contained no other drug houses. Any error associated with the testimony about the case agent’s record was invited; the gun and neighborhood testimony did not constitute plain error.
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