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U.S. v. TONEY

No. 93-2809.

27 F.3d 1245 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William V. TONEY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley W. Murphy, Asst. U.S. Atty., Peoria, IL, (argued), for plaintiff-appellee.

Rodney R. Nordstrom, Peoria, IL (argued), for defendant-appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and MANION, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

A jury found William Toney guilty of possession of a firearm by a felon, see 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g), 924(a)(2), and the court sentenced him to three hundred and ten months in prison. On appeal, Toney challenges the jury instruction on coercion and the admission under Fed.R.Evid. 609(a) of his two prior convictions. We affirm.

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