United States v. Robert L. Wilson

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

A jury found Robert Wilson guilty of participation in a wire fraud scheme, and he was sentenced to 23 months’ imprisonment. He claimed at trial that he should have been allowed to introduce some exculpatory evidence without opening the door to the government’s use of evidence of his post-arrest silence. He is now before this court on a direct appeal of his conviction. Finding no error in the district court’s rulings, we affirm.

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Robert Wilson worked at the relevant time for Designer Financial, a mortgage company. Between 1997 and 1999, his annual income never…