United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction and sentence for firearms possession is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence as the police had probably cause to enter the apartment; and 2) defendant's above guidelines sentence was not an abuse of discretion, as it was not unreasonable for the court to conclude that defendant is a menace and an above-Guidelines sentence was needed to deter further criminal activity.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/11/2009
• Decided 08/06/2009
• Published 08/06/2009

Judges

• CUDAHY, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Matthew Madden (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Andrew J. McGowan (argued), Richard H. Parsons, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.