Legal Opinion
United States v. Jackson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 29, 2008No. 07-2421PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
Codell Jackson was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court, focusing on Jackson’s unusually extensive criminal history, imposed a sentence of 96 months’ imprisonment, which exceeded the top of the advisory guidelines imprisonment range by 18 months. Jackson appeals, challenging the reasonableness of his sentence, and we affirm.
I. Background
In the early afternoon of November 1, 2006, Rockford, Illinois police officers approached a parked car on suspicion that the occupants possessed marijuana. One…
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