Legal Opinion
United States v. Hill
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 21, 2009No. 07-2714, 07-2715PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Joseph J. Hill and Larry E. Lumsden both pleaded guilty to a charge that they had unlawfully possessed firearms as convicted felons, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Hill was ordered to serve a prison term of sixty-six months, while his co-defendant Lumsden was sentenced to a term of seventy-one months. They both appeal their sentences. Hill contends that the district court improperly denied him an offense-level reduction based on his mitigating role in the offense, see U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2, and that the court, in deciding the length of his sentence, improperly…
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