U.S. v. Jenkins

Defendant appealed from his conviction and sentence for bank robbery, arguing that the jury had insufficient evidence to find him guilty and that the face mask he had to wear during trial because of the Covid-19 pandemic violated his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights. Defendant also objected to the district court’s finding that he warranted a harsher sentence for presenting perjured testimony and in its decision to count two juvenile convictions in his criminal history. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, finding that the district court’s mask requirement was not plain error, that defendant waived his sufficiency of the evidence challenge, and that the district court did not err in its sentencing decisions. (ROVNER and HAMILTON, concurring)