United States Seventh Circuit

District court's conviction of defendant for drug related crimes is affirmed where: 1) evidence was sufficient to prove that defendant possessed a rifle in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and 2) defendant's admissions regarding the amount of drugs were sufficient to support the district court's relevant conduct findings.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/14/2009
• Decided 11/03/2009
• Published 11/03/2009

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before KANNE, ROVNER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel L. Bella, Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, Donald J. Schmid (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, South Bend, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., William J. Stevens (argued), Lakeside, MI, for Defendant-Appellant.