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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe following opinions were published after IL’s deadline Monday:
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
United States of America v. Joshua R. Campbell
22-3283
Criminal. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division. Judge Damon Leichty. Affirms the decision of the district court denying Joshua Campbell’s motion to suppress incriminating statements used as evidence. Finds Murphy and Cranley dictate that Campbell’s parole agreement did not threaten a penalty for exercise of his Fifth Amendment protections, and he was not in custody when he made the relevant incriminating statements. Also finds that because Campbell did not invoke his Fifth Amendment right, and it was not otherwise self-executing, the district court properly denied his motion to suppress the evidence.
United States of America v. Robert Mason Elliott
23-1148
Criminal. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Chief Judge Tanya Walton Pratt. Affirms Robert Elliott’s conviction and sentence to 520 months in prison in district court on more than a dozen federal charges relating to his possession of firearms, sexual exploitation of a minor, and a plot to murder that minor and her mother. Finds that Elliott’s claim that his Sixth Amendment rights were violated and his guilty plea was not knowing or voluntary is not foreclosed by the appellate waiver. Also finds that even if Elliott’s attorney, Brandon Sample, were conflicted, Elliott cannot establish that he was adversely affected by the alleged conflict of interest
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