U.S. v. Sanders

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Evidence
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 09-1119
Decision Date: 
July 23, 2010
Federal District: 
N.D. Ill., E. Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed
In prosecution on felon in unlawful possession of firearm charge, Dist. Ct. did not commit reversible error in limiting defendant's proffered testimony regarding any inconsistency with respect to time and manner that defendant and others received Miranda warnings from arresting officers. While Dist. Ct. should have differentiated between defendant's proffer of extrinsic evidence and his attempt to cross-examine arresting officer, any error in limiting defendant in this area was harmless where evidence of officer's inconsistency regarding time and manner of Miranda warning did not relate to fact that defendant was found in possession of firearm on his person.