United States v. Gentry
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
925 F.2d 186 (1991)
- Written by Jamie Milne, JD
Facts
Mall employee Kevin Gentry (defendant) told fellow employees and the mall’s security team that he found a metal pin in M&M candy he purchased from a vending machine. Police suspected that the claim was false and asked Gentry to take a polygraph test. After the test ended and the polygraph examiner concluded that Gentry was lying, Gentry confessed he had put the pin in the candy as a means of attention seeking. Gentry was charged with making a false report of food tampering in violation of federal law. Among other evidence, the prosecution introduced testimony from an employee of the candy’s manufacturer stating that there were no other reports of pins being found in M&M candy. Gentry was convicted. He appealed, arguing, among other things, that the district court erred in admitting the manufacturer testimony.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Easterbrook, J.)
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