Opinion ID: 787832
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: standard of review

Text: 50 This court reviews for plain error the admission of evidence to which an objection was not made at trial. United States v. Williams, 133 F.3d 1048, 1051 (7th Cir.1998); see also United States v. Beall, 970 F.2d 343, 347 (7th Cir.1992) (indicating that review of admissibility of IRS agent's expert testimony would normally occur under abuse of discretion but reviewing under plain error standard for lack of an objection at trial). [B]efore an appellate court can correct an error not raised at trial, there must be (1) `error,' (2) that is `plain,' and (3) that `affect[s] substantial rights.' Johnson v. United States, 520 U.S. 461, 466-67, 117 S.Ct. 1544, 137 L.Ed.2d 718 (1997) (quoting United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 732, 113 S.Ct. 1770, 123 L.Ed.2d 508 (1993)). If all three conditions are met, an appellate court may then exercise its discretion to notice a forfeited error, but only if (4) the error seriously affect[s] the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings. Id. at 467, 117 S.Ct. 1544 (internal quotations and citations omitted). The defendant bears the burden of establishing that the error affected substantial rights, i.e., that the outcome probably would have been different without the error. United States v. Colvin, 353 F.3d 569, 577 (7th Cir.2003) (citing Olano, 507 U.S. at 734, 113 S.Ct. 1770).