Legal Opinion
United States v. Tanner
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 12, 2008No. 07-1801, 07-2251, 07-2596PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendants were convicted of federal drug and gun crimes, and appeal. Only Foster’s appeal need be considered; his codefendants’ appeals are frivolous, as pointed out in the Anders briefs filed by their lawyers, and are hereby dismissed.
Foster was given the minimum sentence that Congress has directed be imposed on a person who, having a previous felony drug conviction, distributes crack cocaine — 20 years. 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A). He challenges the district judge’s failure to delay the sentencing hearing for five months, until the 2007 version of the federal…
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