U.S. v. FADDEN

No. 17-1400.

874 F.3d 979 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leon FADDEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 1, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meredith P. Duchemin , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Peter R. Moyers , Attorney, Federal Defender Services of Wisconsin, Inc., Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Easterbrook, Kanne, and Williams, Circuit Judges.


A grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Leon Fadden for conduct related to bankruptcy fraud. Before trial, Fadden proposed a theory-of-defense jury instruction for Counts 1 and 2. The district court rejected that instruction, instead reciting the Seventh Circuit Pattern Instructions. A jury convicted Fadden of...

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