U.S. v. Fenner

Defendants were found guilty of seventeen counts stemming from a fraud scheme and appealed, challenging the government’s use of an inculpatory statement on the grounds that it violated their right to confrontation and that the district court erred in its restitution calculation. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, explaining that the errors were not objected to at trial and that defendants did not meet their burden under plain error review. (EASTERBROOK, concurring and JACKSON-AKIWUMI, concurring in part)