United States Seventh Circuit

Defendant's sentence for drug possession with intent to deliver is affirmed where: 1) a sentence that falls within the properly calculated Guidelines is presumed reasonable and the district court analyzed the factors and explained the reasons for defendant's sentence; and 2) defendant's argument that the district court should have considered the soon to be amended Guidelines in deciding what sentence to impose is frivolous as a district court is to apply the Guidelines in effect at the time of sentencing.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/15/2009
• Decided 08/25/2009
• Published 08/25/2009

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas S. Ratcliffe (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Claudia Traficante (argued), Portage, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.