7th Circuit Upholds Man’s Convictions, Sentences For Weapons, Health Care Fraud

(December 28, 2016, 9:57 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 21 affirmed a man’s conviction and sentence for charges of felon-in-possession and health care fraud, ruling that a federal judge in Indiana did not err when denying his request for new counsel before the fraud trial and when calculating his sentence (United States of America v. Bruce Jones, No. 15-1792, 7th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 22869)....