Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert v. Spears
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 10, 1999No. 98-1125PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Robert V. Spears of one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court sentenced Spears to 105 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. Spears now appeals, claiming that his conviction should be vacated because: 1) the government violated his due process rights by creating an unreasonable pre-indictment delay; and 2) the indictment was fueled by prosecutorial vindictiveness. In addition, Spears appeals his sentence, asserting that the district court erred in its upward…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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