Legal Opinion
United States v. Guadalupe Mejia, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 13, 2017No. 16-3649PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
The issue in this appeal is whether the district court had a sufficient basis for imposing an above-guideline sentence on appellant Guadalupe Mejia, Jr., who pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The evidence and argument at Mejia’s sentencing hearing focused on a bar fight in which Mejia pulled a knife and either Mejia or another man pulled a gun and fired shots that struck a building and a vehicle.
The conflicting factual accounts of the bar fight convinced the district judge to reject the probation officer’s…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States ex rel. Welch v. LaneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Ladonta GillCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
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