Legal Opinion
United States v. Marcus Lee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 25, 2005No. 03-4239PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Marcus Lee of possessing a firearm despite a previous felony conviction. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). His sentence was 120 months’ imprisonment; the judge expressed frustration at his inability to impose a higher one, which the statutory maximum forbade. Lee challenges the conviction on the ground that the officer who made the arrest did not find the gun, which was buried deep in a pocket of his cargo pants. Still, the gun was found, and uncertainty about just which officer found it and when does not preclude a reasonable jury from finding guilt beyond a…
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