United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction and sentence for illegal reentry is affirmed over defendant's arguments that: 1) his entry was not surreptitious; 2) the government had constructive knowledge of his presence in the country, thus the prosecution was time-barred; and 3) his sentence was unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/30/2007
• Decided 01/16/2008
• Published 01/16/2008

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Brian P. Netols (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Tereance F. MacCarthy, Gabriel B. Plotkin (argued), Office of the Federal Defender Program, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.