United States v. Miller, No. 14-2779 (7th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseA man robbed Standard Bank in Hammond, wearing thigh-length leather coat, sneakers with red stitching, and a green Chicago Bulls baseball cap. He approached employees with a note demanding money. They turned over $5,000. The robber exited, headed toward Amtech, a nearby business, climbed into a blue Ford Explorer with Illinois plates, and drove off. The vehicle was captured on Amtech surveillance video. Law enforcement refined the image so that all but one digit on the license plate became legible, and searched the Illinois registration database. One possible combination matched a Ford Explorer registered to Miller, who lived nearby. The FBI conducted surveillance. Only Miller and his girlfriend, Loggins, were seen driving the vehicle. Agents searched Miller’s home with Loggins’s consent and recovered a black leather jacket and Miller’s sneakers, which featured red stitching. Loggins’s daughter stated that Miller and Loggins owned green Bulls baseball caps. After Miranda warnings, Miller explained that he had thrown the cap into a dumpster. This conversation was not recorded; Miller did not sign a confession. After Miller’c conviction, the Seventh Circuit affirmed denial of his motion for a new trial, rejecting arguments that an FBI agent offered false testimony and that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to seek suppression of in-court identification and to challenge the credibility of the FBI agent. Neither purported error affected the outcome.
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