U.S. v. WATTS

Nos. 05-4595, 06-1386.

535 F.3d 650 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johnny P. WATTS and Jonathan B. Culbert, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 25, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott James Campbell, Gail Joy Hoffman (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for United States of America.

Jerold S. Solovy, Shana A. Shifrin (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Johnny Watts.

Daniel D. Resheter, Jr. (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Jonathan Culbert.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Jonathan Culbert, Jr., and Johnny Watts were indicted, along with a number of other defendants, for their involvement in a scheme to cash stolen Treasury checks and launder the proceeds. A jury found Watts guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and transport stolen checks in interstate commerce, see 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1344, 2314, and a second count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, see id. §...

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