United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction and sentence for firearms possession is affirmed where: 1) officers had ample reasonable suspicion beyond the anonymous tip to justify the investigative stop; and 2) defendant's above-guidelines sentence was not unreasonable based on the factors supporting the sentence and the absence of any in mitigation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/25/2008
• Decided 03/17/2009
• Published 03/17/2009

Judges

• SYKES, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, ROVNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jesse M. Barrett, Attorney (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, South Bend, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Christopher J. Boran, Attorney (argued), Arthur J. Rooney, Attorney, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.