Legal Opinion
James L. Bush v. Percy H. Pitzer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 21, 1998No. 97-3024PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
After confessing that he funneled approximately 400 guns to gangs engaged in the drug trade, James Bush pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the firearms-control laws. Substantive weapons charges were dismissed as part of the plea bargain. His sentence is 57 months’ imprisonment, the maximum of a Guideline range that was increased by 14 levels because of the number of firearms sold, the obliteration of serial numbers, the vocation of the buyers, and the danger the guns posed to the public in the buyers’ hands. In prison Bush successfully completed a drug abuse…
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