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U.S. v. FIGUEROA

No. 93-1687.

15 F.3d 706 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wanda FIGUEROA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry R. Elden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Crim. Receiving, Appellate Div., Gregory T. Mitchell (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Frederick F. Cohn (argued), Chicago, IL, Julius L. Echeles, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

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

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

After a two-day trial, Wanda Figueroa was convicted by a jury of embezzling almost $65,000 from her employer, the First National Bank of Chicago. At trial, her appointed attorney did not try to prevent — indeed, he invited — testimony revealing that she had failed a lie detector test administered by federal agents investigating the disappearance of monies from the bank. On appeal, Figueroa argues (as she may, see United States...

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