Legal Opinion
United States v. Emery Lee Gage
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 8, 1999No. 98-3679PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
On March 6, 1998, Emery Lee Gage used a written note containing a demand for money to rob Bank One, a federally insured financial institution in Peoria, Illinois. He later confessed to the robbery, claiming that the note simply said “put the money in the bag.” The government contended that it could prove that the note included the words “I have a gun.” The district court’s resolution of this dispute about what the note said led to this appeal, in which Gage challenges the court’s application of the Sentencing Guidelines in two instances. We affirm as to one, but reverse…
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3Cited by41 opinions
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