Jury Instructions.

Byline: Derek Hawkins

7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Jyshawn Jackson

Case No.: 20-2408

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

Focus: Jury Instructions

Jyshawn Jackson, together with Marnetta Walker, sold drugs on six occasions to a confidential source ("CS") during a two-month span in 2019. This appeal concerns only the last sale, for which Jackson was indicted on one count of distributing 28 grams or more of crack cocaine. That sale occurred in two steps, but that was not how the sale was originally structuredJackson, through Walker, had agreed to sell 35 grams of crack cocaine to the CS for $1,800.

But when the CS arrived with Walker to the location for the buy, Jackson handed over only 24.92 grams of crack cocaine. After some handwringing about the shorted amount, the CS paid Jackson $1,500, and Jackson said that he would retrieve and provide the CS the full amount discussed previously. Jackson then traveled to a nearby town to get more crack cocaine before again meeting the CS and Walker at a location one mile from the original meet-up. Once there, Jackson exchanged 6.28 grams of crack cocaine for the...