United States Seventh Circuit

Sentence for conspiring to kidnap and using a firearm during a crime of violence is affirmed where defendant's sentence was not unreasonable, as: 1) the judge gave extensive justifications for imposing the sentence; 2) the discrepancy between the sentences of defendant and his co-defendant is not a basis for challenging a sentence; and 3) the requirement that a defendant be notified of the district court's intention to give an above-guidelines sentence does not apply to the variance from the guidelines range at issue here.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/21/2009
• Decided 05/20/2009
• Published 05/20/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before BAUER, EVANS and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• James E. Crowe, III, Attorney (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Fairview Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Paul E. Sims, Attorney (argued), Stokely Group, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant-Appellant.