United States v. Thomas, No. 18-1356 (7th Cir. 2019)
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Defendants appealed their convictions for crimes related to their involvement in a bank robbery. Defendant Thompson's attorney field an Anders brief explaining that he does not believe Thompson has any viable arguments on appeal. The Seventh Circuit affirmed and dismissed appeal No. 19-1519.
The court affirmed Thomas's conviction and sentence in appeal No. 19-1356, holding that there was no plain error in admitting the testimony of Thomas' probation officer; there was no abuse of discretion by deciding to allow evidence of Thomas's statement that the Mercedes was worth $30,000; there was not abuse of discretion in the government's use of the word "you" instead of "reasonable person" in its closing argument to describe the inquiry for intimidation; the delay in this case did not violate the Speedy Trial Clause of the Sixth Amendment; and there was no error, let alone plain error, in the jury instruction regarding accomplice liability.
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