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USA v. Larry D. Billian, No. 09-3385.

Larry Billian pleaded guilty to two marijuana offenses and to possessing a firearm in connection with those crimes. His conditional plea reserved the right to appeal from the district court's order denying his motion to suppress evidence seized from his home.

United States v. Pulley, No. 08-3363 (7th Cir. 2010).

Ondray Pulley pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud related to a scheme to defraud the United Airlines Employees’ Credit Union (UAECU). He was sentenced to 87 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution. Pulley now appeals, arguing that the...

United States v. Michael Napadow, No. 09-1920 (7th Cir. 02/23/2010)

The district court denied Michael Napadow’s motion to dismiss the indictment for lack of a speedy trial. Mr. Napadow now seeks review of that decision. Because we conclude that the district court was correct, we affirm the judgment.

United States v. Bell, 09-2555 (7th Cir. 2010).

In 2008, a grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Maurice Bell with willful failure to pay child support from February 2000 to June 2007, in violation of the Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998 (DPPA), 18 U.S.C. § 228(a)(3). Bell moved...

United States v. Lee Anton Jackson, 09-2279 (7th Cir. 2010).

On March 9, 2008, police found a gun in a computer case belonging to Defendant Lee Anton Jackson, who had prior felony convictions. A grand jury subsequently returned an indictment charging Defendant Jackson with one count of being a...

United States v. Resnick, 08-4039 (7th Cir. 2010)

This case presents issues arising from the government’s efforts to collect a criminal defendant’s financial obligations to the government from a third party who received money from the insolvent defendant.

Defendant Adam Resnick pled guilty to one count of...

USA V. Hector Cruz.  08-4194  (7th Cir. 02/11/2010).

The opinion of the court was delivered by: Posner, Circuit Judge.

Hector Cruz challenges his 10-year mandatory-minimum sentence for conspiring to sell illegal drugs. 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A). He had previously been convicted in an Illinois state court...

United States v. Turner, 09-1595 (7th Cir. Feb. 2, 2010).

The district court disqualified Roosevelt Turner's retained counsel from representing him in this cocaine-conspiracy case because the attorney was also representing an alleged coconspirator in sentencing proceedings. The question for us is whether this violated Turner's Sixth Amendment right to...

USA v. Ted L. Pappas.  09-1595.   

Ted Pappas was indicted for possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B). Pappas pleaded not guilty and filed a motion to suppress evidence seized during a search of his home, as well as statements he made during the execution of...

United States v. Acox, No. 09-1258 (7th Cir. 02/09/2010)

Convicted of bank robbery and sentenced to 65 months' imprisonment, Edwin Acox presents a single appellate argument: that two employees of the bank should not have been allowed to identify him, because they saw a photo array that "was so...