Legal Opinion
United States v. Roosevelt D. Vallery
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 7, 2006No. 05-2251PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
The government appeals from the district court’s sentencing of Roosevelt Val-lery as a misdemeanant following his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 111(a). It is the government’s contention that the indictment properly alleged a felony rather than a misdemeanor. Vallery’s conviction is not in dispute. A fair reading of the statute requires us to conclude that the misdemeanor provision of § 111(a) applies to all conduct prohibited by the subsection. Having determined that Vallery’s conviction was for a misdemeanor, we affirm his twelve-month sentence.
I. BACKGROUND
The criminal…
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