U.S. v. Marzette

Defendant appealed from his conviction for possessing a firearm as a felon, challenging the district court’s admission of two pieces of evidence at trial. The Seventh Circuit noted that defendant had preserved one of his challenges relating to chain-of-custody on appeal but had waived a hearsay challenge and affirmed, explaining that the government’s chain-of-custody evidence was sufficient and under the “demanding standards” of plain error review, defendant did not establish any error allowing a 911 caller’s statements to be admitted through police testimony. (JACKSON-AKIWUMI and PRYOR, concurring)