United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction of defendant for drug conspiracy and firearms crime and a sentence of 300 months imprisonment are affirmed where: 1) defendant's claims that there was insufficient evidence to support the district court's findings that he was a member of the conspiracy in January 2005 and in making its drug quantity determinations are rejected; 2) the district court did not err in its consideration of the sentencing disparities; and 3) there is no abuse of discretion as defendant's sentence is substantively reasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/30/2010
• Published 04/30/2010

Judges

• TINDER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, MANION, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Mark Karner, Office of the United States Attorney, Rockford, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Derek T. Muller, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.