United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction of one defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm, and conviction and sentence of a second defendant for aiding and abetting that possession, are affirmed where: 1) there was sufficient evidence to support the convictions; and 2) the second defendant was not eligible for a sentence reduction as a mere collector of guns.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/27/2008
• Published 10/27/2008

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and KANNE and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John M. Maciejczyk (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, South Bend, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., H. Jay Stevens (argued), Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., South Bend, IN, for Defendants-Appellants.