United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction of defendant on two counts of bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft for assuming the identity of her deceased sister and opening checking accounts in her name and using counterfeited checks is affirmed where: 1) district court did not plainly err in entering the jury's conviction of defendant for violating 18 U.S.C. section 1028A(a)(1) as the statute criminalizes the misuse of another person's identity, whether that other person is living or deceased; and 2) the district court did not plainly err in calculating or imposing defendant's sentence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/18/2010
• Decided 08/18/2010
• Published 08/18/2010

Judges

• KANNE

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel