Admissible Evidence Other-acts Evidence.

Byline: Derek Hawkins

7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Chawan Lowe

Case No.: 20-2736

Officials: KANNE, SCUDDER, and KIRSCH, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Admissible Evidence Other-acts Evidence

Chawan Lowe was found guilty of illegally possessing a firearm. He appeals his conviction and sentence on the grounds that the district court (1) admitted inadmissible "other-act evidence" at trial and (2) mishandled its response when a juror gave an "equivocal" answer about his individual verdict in jury polling. But the evidence in question was not inadmissible, the juror's answer was not equivocal, and the...