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U.S. v. WILLIAMS

No. 07-3004.

559 F.3d 607 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry A. WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 11, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renato Mariotti (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Abner J. Mikva (argued), Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and ROVNER and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Following a bench trial, Larry Williams was convicted of distributing crack cocaine and was ordered to serve a prison term of 252 months. Williams appeals, contending that the district court erred in accepting his jury waiver without taking steps to ensure that the waiver was knowing and intelligent. Because Williams did not raise this issue below, our review is confined to one for plain error, and the record does not support a finding that...

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