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United States v. Farris

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 9, 2008No. 07-1643PublishedCited by 64 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Travis Farris was found guilty on three counts related to a bank robbery and filing a false insurance claim. Farris committed these acts with his longtime friend, Jesse Matthew Coartney, who as part of a plea agreement, testified against Farris at trial. On appeal, Farris challenges the sufficiency of the evidence against him and the reasonableness of the within-Guidelines sentence he received from the district court. For the following reasons, we affirm.

I. Background

Farris’s convictions stem from his criminal involvement with his grade school friend, Coartney.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Rita v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  4. United States v. James P. HickokCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
  5. United States v. William G. Curtis and Jamell L. RousonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003

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3Cited by64 opinions

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  5. United States v. Anthony VolpendestoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014

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