United States Seventh Circuit

Re-sentence for bank robbery is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not determine as a matter of law that defendant was a career offender; 2) the district court did not need to establish a precise link between the degree of the departure and the structure of the Guidelines; 3) the district court's reliance on a contested statement did not render the sentence unreasonable; and 4) the overall sentence was reasonable.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/16/2004
• Decided 08/15/2006
• Published 08/15/2006

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, RIPPLE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Sara Darrow (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Rock Island, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., George F. Taseff (argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.