Legal Opinion
United States v. Ryan J. Peters
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 30, 2006No. 05-2554PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Ryan Peters pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, for which the maximum penalty is ten years in prison. 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2). His base offense level under the Sentencing Guidelines would have been 15 (resulting in a sentencing range of 41-51 months), but the district court held that Peters’s two prior convictions — one for substantial battery with intent to commit bodily harm in violation of section 940.19(2) of the Wisconsin Statutes and one for battery, habitual criminality in violation of sections 940.19(1), 939.62(l)(a), and…
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