Defendant pleaded guilty to possession of heroin with intent to distribute. Defendant’s presentence investigation report included a prior Illinois conviction for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. After the Illinois Supreme Court declared the statute of conviction unconstitutional in ...

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Defendant pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm as a felon. The district court sentenced defendant within the guidelines range, advising that, even if the guidelines calculations were incorrect, it would impose the same sentence based on defendant’s history and ...

Tagged with: Calculation of Guidelines Range Unlawful Possession of Firearm Within-Guidelines Sentence

Defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court concluded that defendant had at least two felony convictions for a crime of violence or a controlled substances offense. On appeal, defendant argued that his ...

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