Legal Opinion

United States v. Carol Woodard

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided March 5, 2014No. 12-3363PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Carol Woodard, the managing director of a non-profit organization, was indicted on one count of health care fraud for collecting $8.9 million from Medicaid based on her submissions of phony healthcare claims. As the first trial date approached, Woodard filed the first of many motions to change counsel. After the district court appointed a third attorney, it sua sponte ordered Woodard to undergo a competency examination because it felt that she might not understand the nature of the proceedings against her. After a doctor concluded that Woodard was competent…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. United States v. VonnSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  5. Peugh v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Wright v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014
  2. United States v. StollerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
  3. United States v. Martin JonassenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014
  4. United States v. Marcus ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
  5. United States v. Todd DyerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018

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