United States Seventh Circuit

Convictions for armed bank robbery and other crimes are reversed and remanded where: 1) the district court abused its discretion in denying defendants' motion for a continuance as the record shows no reason to deny a continuance and several compelling reasons to grant one, and the defendants suffered actual prejudice from the denial; and 2) any error in admitting certain expert evidence was harmless.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/04/2008
• Decided 08/04/2009
• Published 08/04/2009

Judges

• WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, WOOD, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stuart D. Fullerton (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Elizabeth Chiarello (argued), Sidley Austin, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Corvet Williams., Robert M. Fagan (argued), Freeport, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Brian Austin.