Legal Opinion
United States v. Corvet Williams
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 11, 2012No. 11-1002, 11-1012PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Corvet Williams and Brian Austin were tried together for armed bank robbery and use of a firearm in a crime of violence, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113(a), (d), 924(c)(1)(A), and were convicted by a jury. Their convictions were reversed, 576 F.3d 385 (2009), on a ground unrelated to the present appeals. They were retried, again convicted by a jury, and each sentenced to 684 months in prison. They appeal, challenging both their convictions and their sentences.
There were two robberies, two weeks apart, pretty obviously committed by the same two persons — so similar were the modus…
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