United States v. Tamara Jo Smith

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Tamara Jo Smith was charged in the Northern District of Illinois with conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, and substantive counts of bank, credit card and wire fraud. She was convicted of 31 of the 37 counts with which she was charged. Smith challenges the use of a spectro-graphic voice identification expert at trial, the district court’s denial of her motion to sever her trial from that of her identical twin sister, and the validity of the grand jury which indicted her. We affirm.

I. Facts

Tanya and Tamara Smith are identical twins who are commonly mistaken…