Legal Opinion
United States v. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 15, 2011No. 09-1556PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Christopher Jones pleaded guilty to multiple narcotics and weapons offenses, and the district court ordered him to serve a total prison term of 181 months. On appeal, Jones contends that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel when the attorney who represented him at sentencing failed to object to a two-level enhancement to his offense level based on his possession of a .22-caliber rifle with an obliterated serial number. See U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(4) (Nov.2005). 1 Jones was not charged with the possession of that rifle, as the government had no proof that…
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