U.S. v. JOHNSON

No. 13-1350.

745 F.3d 227 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mason M. JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 6, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Tzur , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Beau B. Brindley , Attorney, Law Offices of Beau B. Brindley, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Mason Johnson of robbing three banks, and a judge sentenced him to 220 months' imprisonment. The principal testimony against him came from Joseph Prince, who told the jury that he and Johnson had planned and executed the robberies together. Johnson asked the jury to discount the testimony of Prince, a confessed criminal. The prosecutor sought to bolster Prince's testimony with that of Amanda Williams, who related that Prince...

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