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U.S. v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 08-1470, 08-1493.

576 F.3d 385 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Corvet T. WILLIAMS and Brian Austin, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart D. Fullerton (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Elizabeth Chiarello (argued), Sidley Austin, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Corvet Williams.

Robert M. Fagan (argued), Freeport, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Brian Austin.

Before POSNER, WOOD, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

On the Wednesday before their Monday morning trial for two armed bank robberies, defendants Corvet Williams and Brian Austin learned of a new witness for the government. The witness, Edward Walker, claimed to be the get-away driver for the second robbery. In exchange for immunity from prosecution, Walker agreed to describe the second robbery, identify Williams and Austin as the robbers, and testify that Austin admitted to committing the first...

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