United States Seventh Circuit

In cross-appeals over sentences for identity theft, one sentence is vacated where the district judge abused his discretion by failing to enunciate persuasive reasons for a downward variance granted to the defendant. Two other sentences are affirmed where: 1) the court refuses to view the discrepancy between sentences of co-defendants as a basis for challenging a sentence; and 2) the judge did not abuse his discretion in relying on a co-defendant's hearsay testimony before the grand jury when calculating the loss amount attributable to the defendant.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/06/2007
• Decided 04/15/2008
• Published 04/16/2008

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Juliet Sorensen (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard H. Parsons, Andrew J. McGowan, Jonathan E. Hawley, Kent V. Anderson (argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellee, Davis Omole., Raymond G. Bendig (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant, Adeniyi Adesokan., Paul M. Brayman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant, Samuel Omole.