United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime is affirmed where there was no constitutional issue after District of Columbia v. Heller, 128 S. Ct. 2783 (2008) in the criminalization of the possession of firearms in connection with drug crimes, and there was an adequate factual basis for defendant's guilty plea.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/12/2009
• Decided 02/18/2009
• Published 02/18/2009

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and WILLIAMS and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jennifer Hudson, argued, Office of the United States Attorney, Fairview Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Richard H. Parsons, Andrew J. McGowan, argued, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.