Legal Opinion
United States v. Nicholas J. Ross
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 5, 2000No. 98-2345PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Nicholas Ross pleaded guilty in 1997 to possession of a firearm by a felon. Ever since then, Ross has steadfastly maintained that the district court should have imposed a sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act that reflected a reduction of 34 months, to account for the time he spent imprisoned on a related state burglary conviction before his federal sentencing. The district court, thinking that the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) would give Ross credit for the 34 months in question, imposed a term of 188 months on the understanding that Ross would actually serve…
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