Legal Opinion

United States v. Samuels

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 10, 2008No. 06-3713PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Mark Samuels (“Samuels”) was charged in a one-count indictment with aiding and abetting a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 922(g)(1). After a jury returned a guilty verdict, the district court sentenced Samuels to a seventy-eight-month term of imprisonment. Samuels appeals his conviction and sentence, and we affirm.

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Sometime in the fall of 2004, Mark Samuels provided his cousin, Stephen Perkins (“Stephen”), with a Glock .45 caliber firearm for Stephen’s protection after Stephen had been robbed. Samuels later sought to retrieve the Glock…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Rita v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. United States v. Marius CanoyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  4. United States v. Larry E. Stott, Jr., Robert A. Gaughan, Also Known as Bob, and Lonnie M. Ford, Also Known as LonnieCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
  5. Hall v. Norfolk Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006

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3Cited by62 opinions

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  3. United States v. FarmerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
  4. United States v. HillsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
  5. United States v. WoodsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009

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