United States Seventh Circuit

Sentence as an armed career criminal is affirmed where recidivism statutes call for an examination of the crime of conviction, not the defendant's actual conduct or the details of proceedings in state court.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/19/2006
• Decided 06/05/2006
• Published 06/05/2006

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Christina Egan (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Bret A. Rappaport, David A. Harpest (argued), Schwartz, Cooper, Greenberger & Krauss, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.