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| Tagliere v. Harrah's Ill. Corp., No. 05-2637,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, May 3, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Plaintiff's personal injury suit based on defective stool on riverboat casino was improperly dismissed as time-barred under 735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/13-202 because suit was timely filed under 46 U.S.C.S. App. § 763a, and Extension of Admiralty Jurisdiction Act extended admiralty jurisdiction to vessels on navigable water, on which casino was located.
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| United States v. Darif, No. 05-3377,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, May 3, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Where defendant was convicted of charges including marriage fraud in violation of 8 U.S.C.S. § 1325(c) and witness tampering in violation of 18 U.S.C.S. § 1512(b)(1), the marital communications privilege was inapplicable to defendant's letters to his putative spouse because the parties were joint participants in the marriage fraud scheme.
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| United States v. McIntosh, No. 05-1782,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, May 3, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Defendant's counsel was allowed to withdraw after filing Anders brief because no meritorious basis for challenging defendant's 18 U.S.C.S. § 751(a) escape conviction existed. Documentary evidence was properly admitted under business record hearsay exception; documents and other evidence supported conviction. Sentence was presumptively reasonable.
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| United States v. Parker, No. 05-2798,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, May 3, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Defendant was entitled to have new counsel appointed to assist him on appeal. His trial counsel's Anders brief was deficient and was struck. Counsel did not discuss alleged conflict of interest, even though incident underlying conflict of interest claim gave rise to critical issue in defendant's case. Case presented three other nonfrivolous issues.
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