USCA judgment + Appellate Opinion + Mandate — USA v. Spellman (Dkt. 42, W.D. Wis.)

Summary

The Seventh Circuit's final judgment, nonprecedential order and notice of issuance of mandate in United States v. Olivia Spellman, No. 23-3065, filed August 23, 2024 as Document 42 in District Court No. 3:22-cr-00131-wmc-1 (W.D. Wis.). The panel of Circuit Judges Michael Y. Scudder, Doris L. Pryor and Joshua P. Kolar, in an order decided August 1, 2024 after argument on July 10, 2024, affirms Spellman's 16-month prison term for mail fraud. Spellman argued that the sentencing judge compelled her to speak at allocution in violation of the Fifth Amendment after she declined to make a statement. The court reviews de novo and holds that her statements were neither compelled nor incriminating because the information was already in the record, including the PSR.

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