Admissible Evidence – Other-acts Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//September 13, 2021//

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7^th 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 court acted appropriately in all respects. We therefore affirm the conviction and sentence.

Affirmed
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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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