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U.S. v. SPEARS

No. 11-1683.

697 F.3d 592 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher L. SPEARS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 26, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily Kathleen Cremeans (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Ashwin Cattamanchi (argued), Assistant Federal Public Defender, Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., Hammond, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before CUDAHY, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

A federal jury convicted Christopher Spears of various crimes stemming from his cottage industry of making and selling various counterfeit documents, including fake Indiana driver's licenses and handgun permits. He challenges three of his five convictions. First, he argues that the evidence was insufficient to convict him of aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1) because he did not "transfer[] ... a means of identification...

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