United States v. Foster, No. 10-3198 (7th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant, the getaway driver, was convicted of armed robbery of a financial institution (18 U.S.C. 2113(a) & (d)), possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence (18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(A)), and possession of a firearm after being convicted of a felony (18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1))and was sentenced to 284 months in prison. The Seventh Circuit affirmed. Defendant waived any challenge to the jury selection process by agreeing explicitly in advance to the procedure used by the district judge. The court rejected challenges to evidentiary rulings that admitted evidence regarding defendant's prior involvement in a fraudulent check-cashing scheme; admitted a recording of a conversation between co-defendants after the robbery; denied defendant an opportunity to cross-examine a witness who identified him in a photographic array; and that prevented use of one of the defense exhibits until after closing arguments had begun. The court also rejected challenges to defendant's sentencing as an armed career criminal.
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