United States v. Eric Watkins

OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

Eric K. Watkins was convicted of four offenses, including conspiracy and armed robbery, for abducting a female employee of a credit union and forcing her at gunpoint to assist him and his brother in stealing the contents of the credit union’s vault. Watkins now seeks to overturn his conviction, arguing that the district court erred in admitting expert testimony on fingerprint identification. In the alternative, Watkins argues that his sentence is procedurally unreasonable. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM Watkins’s conviction, but conclude…