United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction of a licensed firearms dealer for making false statements, selling stolen firearms, and recordkeeping violations is affirmed, and sentence vacated, and remanded where: 1) evidence gathered in interviews of defendant and in searches of his home and business was not obtained in violation of Miranda; 2) there was no abuse of discretion in allowing one of the firearms to be displayed at trial; 3) a jury instruction on a lesser-included offense was not required; and 4) two sentencing enhancements were properly applied.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/08/2008
• Published 12/08/2008

Judges

• WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, RIPPLE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas Edward Leggans (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Benton, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Thomas L. Shriner, Jr., Paul Bargren (argued), Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.