United States Seventh Circuit

Convictions for conspiracy, bank robbery, and a handgun crime are affirmed where: 1) evidence of prior bank robberies in which defendant had participated was erroneously admitted, but the error was harmless; 2) limitations on defendant's cross-examination of a government witness did not violate the Confrontation Clause; and 3) a motion for new trial on the basis of newly-discovered evidence was properly denied where the new evidence proffered would not have affected the verdict.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/04/2008
• Decided 09/05/2008
• Published 09/05/2008

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, WOOD and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Anthony Garcia (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Richard H. Parsons, Johanna M. Christiansen (argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.