United States Seventh Circuit

Sentence enhancement for possession of a firearm by a felon during the commission of a felony is affirmed where there was no clear error in the court's inference, based on the defendant's criminal history and the circumstances of his arrest, that the defendant's firearm was involved in drug trafficking.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/17/2006
• Decided 04/03/2006
• Published 04/03/2006

Judges

• FLAUM, Chief Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and KANNE and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Rita M. Rumbelow (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Bill Ginsberg (argued), Mandell, Ginsberg & Meier, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.