U.S. v. WILSON

No. 01-3014.

307 F.3d 596 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert L. WILSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 3, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean M. Berkowitz (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Mary Higgins Judge (argued), Office of the Federal Defender Program, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: POSNER, RIPPLE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

A jury found Robert Wilson guilty of participation in a wire fraud scheme, and he was sentenced to 23 months' imprisonment. He claimed at trial that he should have been allowed to introduce some exculpatory evidence without opening the door to the government's use of evidence of his post-arrest silence. He is now before this court on a direct appeal of his conviction. Finding no error in the district court's rulings, we affirm.

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