United States Seventh Circuit

Sentence for a federal drug possession conviction imposed to run consecutively to a state sentence for violating the terms of defendant's supervised release is vacated and remanded where: 1) the district court had discretion to impose a consecutive sentence; but 2) the decision to impose a consecutive sentence must be explained with reference to the factors enumerated in 18 U.S.C. section 3553(a).

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/15/2008
• Decided 10/07/2008
• Published 10/07/2008

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Timothy M. O'Shea, Peter M. Jarosz (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Daniel T. Cook (argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Springfield, IL, Richard H. Parsons, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.