United States Seventh Circuit

Sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act for possession of a firearm by a felon is affirmed where a conviction for failing to report to a penal institution qualified as a crime of violence for purposes of the act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/13/2006
• Decided 01/11/2007
• Published 01/11/2007

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas Edward Leggans (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Benton, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Phillip J. Kavanaugh, Andrea L. Smith, Office of the Federal Public Defender, East St. Louis, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.