United States Seventh Circuit

Defendant's sentence for drug related offenses is vacated and remanded for imposition of a life sentence pursuant to a mandatory recidivist sentence enhancement for multiple drug related offenses where district court erred in departing from the mandatory minimum sentence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/07/2005
• Decided 11/29/2005
• Published 11/29/2005

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Timothy A. Bass (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Tiffani D. Johnson (argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Urbana, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.