Legal Opinion

United States v. Jevon Jenkins

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided December 1, 2014No. 13-3409PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

In 2011, Jevon Jenkins pled guilty in Illinois state court to one felony count of Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon (“AUUW”), in violation of 720 ILCS 5/24-1.6(a)(1). He received a sentence of probation. Following Jenkins’s conviction, both this court and the Supreme Court of Illinois held the portion of the AUUW statute under which he was convicted to be facially unconstitutional.

In October of 2013, Jenkins pled guilty in United States District Court to one count of aiding and abetting a kidnapping, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1201(a)(1) and (2) and received a federal…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Dean v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  3. Michael Moore v. Lisa MadiganCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
  4. United States v. Rene Jaimes-JaimesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
  5. United States v. Brian W. CooperCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001

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3Cited by39 opinions

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  2. United States v. John T. Burns, IIICourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
  3. United States v. Jaimie PankowCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018
  4. United States v. Rex HammondCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2021
  5. United States v. Ladonta GillCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016

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