United States Seventh Circuit

Where defendant would be subject to sentence enhancement anyway due to a prior felony drug conviction, and the current conviction is below the statutory maximum, Apprendi is inapplicable.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/30/2000
• Decided 03/28/2001
• Published 03/28/2001

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Ralph M. Friederich (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., Fairview, IL, J. Christopher Moore, Office of the U.S. Atty., Benton, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., David M. Williams, (DNA) (argued), Fairfield, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.