Legal Opinion
United States v. Lester W. Gilbert
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 30, 1995No. 94-2730PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Lester Gilbert pled guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court sentenced him to 188 months in prison. On appeal Gilbert presents two arguments. First, he asserts that the seizure of the firearm was pursuant to an illegal arrest and thus should have been suppressed. Second, Gilbert contends that the district court wrongly sentenced him under the Armed Career Criminal Act and under the Sentencing Guidelines. We hold that the district court properly denied Gilbert’s motion to suppress and properly…
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