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U.S. v. JOHNSON

No. 19-2718.

980 F.3d 570 (2020)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 17, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Coonan , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Civil Division, Fairview Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Thomas W. Patton , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, Daniel J. Hillis , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Springfield, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Rovner, Scudder, and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.

Kurt Johnson elected to represent himself at trial on federal fraud charges. In Johnson's own telling, he fared at trial "like a bug under a hard-stomping prosecution boot heel"—which is to say he lost. Johnson now appeals his waiver of counsel. He says the district court failed to confirm that his decision to waive...

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