Legal Opinion
United States v. Leon A. King
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 1, 1995No. 95-1068PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Leon A. King pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The district court held that King’s three prior convictions for burglary made him an armed career criminal under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1) and U.S.S.G. § 4B1.4 and imposed the statutory minimum sentence of 180 months of imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release. On appeal, King argues that the government breached his plea agreement by failing to move for a downward departure based on his assistance to authorities. In addition, he contends that he should not have been…
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