Introducing ATLASLearn more
Legal Opinion

United States v. Deshon Adams

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 16, 2018No. 16-2928PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Sykes, Circuit Judge.

Deshon Adams pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon and was sentenced to 87 months in prison—the top of the range recommended by the Sentencing Guidelines. Adams asks us to remand his case for resentencing, arguing that the judge impermissibly considered unreliable evidence linking him to seven unsolved shootings when weighing the sentencing factors under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a).

We reject this argument and affirm. The challenged evidence consists mainly of summaries of police reports describing some of the physical evidence from the shootings and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Rita v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Pepper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  5. United States v. Roger D. ZehmCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000

1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. United States v. WaltonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018
  2. United States v. Jesus Beltran-LeonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2021
  3. United States v. Brian CarterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2020
  4. Adams v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 2019
  5. United States v. Brian CarterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2020

15 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

View API DocsGet API Key

Powered by the Exa API