United States v. Billings, Darnell C.

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 07-2307 U NITED S TATES OF A MERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. D ARNELL C. B ILLINGS, Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. No. 05 CR 20041—Michael P. McCuskey, Chief Judge. A RGUED A PRIL 16, 2008—D ECIDED O CTOBER 8, 2008 Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and W OOD and W ILLIAMS, Circuit Judges. W ILLIAMS, Circuit Judge. Defendant Darnell Billings received a statutory minimum sentence of life imprison- ment after pleading guilty to dealing over 50 grams of crack…