United States Seventh Circuit

Sentence for a battery that occurred on an Indian reservation is affirmed where a sentencing enhancement for the infliction of permanent or life-threatening injuries based on the victim's facial scarring was appropriate since an impairment that has not been corrected by the time of sentencing, and will last for life unless surgically corrected in the future, should be treated as permanent under the Guidelines unless future correction would be a straightforward procedure.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/08/2007
• Decided 08/30/2007
• Published 08/30/2007

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michelle L. Jacobs, Timothy W. Funnell (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Leonard D. Kachinsky (argued), Sisson & Kachinsky, Appleton, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.