Legal Opinion
United States v. Defabian C. Shannon
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 23, 1997No. 95-2367PublishedCited by 171 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The defendant, Defabian Shannon, pleaded guilty in 1995 to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He was sentenced to 115 months in prison, and challenges the sentence on several grounds. The panel before which his appeal was argued found merit in only one of his challenges, 94 F.3d 1065 (7th Cir.1996), and we reject the others on the basis of the panel’s opinion. By a vote of 2 to 1, the panel held that the district judge had erred in enhancing the defendant’s base offense level because of a previous conviction for sexual assault,…
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