United States Seventh Circuit

Sentence for bank robbery and using a firearm in a crime of violence is overturned on the government's appeal where the district court judge was required to determine the proper sentence for the bank robbery entirely independently of the minimum sentence for the firearm charge, and a sentence below the minimum guidelines sentence for the robbery would be unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/07/2006
• Decided 01/17/2007
• Published 01/17/2007

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edmond E. Chang (argued), Nancy Miller, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Standish E. Willis, Angela Lockett (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.