Legal Opinion
United States v. Lashon Browning
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 6, 2006No. 05-1991PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant was convicted by a jury of being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 240 months in prison. He presents a number of issues in this appeal, all but one of which are frivolous, such as that comprehension of Miranda rights cannot be indicated by a nod of the head. United States v. Smith, 218 F.3d 777, 780-81 (7th Cir.2000). The substantial issue is whether the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Shepard v. United States, 544 U.S. 13, 125 S.Ct. 1254, 161 L.Ed.2d 205 (2005), entitled the defendant to a jury trial on whether a previous…
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