Legal Opinion
United States v. Gammicchia
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 9, 2007No. 06-3325PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant appeals from his 30-month prison sentence for obstruction of justice. The appeal bespeaks a misunderstanding of federal sentencing law under the regime created by the Booker decision. When as in this case a criminal appeal is frivolous, the defendant’s attorney should file an Anders motion rather than waste the court’s time on a lost cause. We write in the hope of heading off what is assuming the proportions of an avalanche of utterly groundless sentencing appeals.
The defendant was a political appointee in the office of the Clerk of the City of Chicago,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by34 opinions
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