United States Seventh Circuit

Sentence for impersonating an FBI officer and making false statements is affirmed where: 1) the court committed sentencing error in applying the sentencing guideline for extortion under color of official light and thus miscalculating the guidelines range; 2) the sentencing error was harmless as the sentencing judge expressly stated that she would have imposed the same sentence even if the sentencing guideline did not apply to the defendant's sentence; and 3) defendant's sentence was not unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/26/2009
• Published 03/26/2009

Judges

• TINDER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, DIANE P. WOOD, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John Hauser (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Nicole C. Henning (argued), Jones Day, Chicago, IL, Lauren Robel, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.