Legal Opinion
United States v. Larry D. Knox
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 28, 2002No. 01-3099PublishedCited by 903 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Following his indictment on three counts of peddling crack cocaine, see 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), Larry Knox pleaded guilty. His reward was a three-level subtraction for acceptance of responsibility. See U.S.S.G. § 3El.l(b). That reduction sliced at least 84 months off his punishment: his sentence was 240 months (from a range of 235-293 months), while the range without the credit would have been 324-405 months. Believing that his sentence should have been lower still, Knox instructed his lawyer to file a notice of appeal.
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