United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction of defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm and sentence to 120 months' imprisonment are affirmed where: 1) the officer had a reasonable basis for believing that defendant's mother had the authority to consent to the search of his computer and the computer case; 2) district court properly concluded that the officer did not exceed the scope of the mother's consent; 3) the district court did not err in denying defendant's request to raise an "innocent possession" defense; and 4) district court appropriately rejected defendant's section 5K2.11 argument and imposed a sentence that was reasonable.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/22/2010
• Decided 03/12/2010
• Published 03/12/2010

Judges

• ST. EVE, District Judge., Before RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges, and ST. EVE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Peter M. Jarosz, Rita M. Rumbelow, Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Reed Cornia, Attorney, Cornia Law, LLC, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.