Legal Opinion
United States v. Artemas Boyd
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 30, 2007No. 06-2431PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a gun and was sentenced to 46 months in prison. The sentence was influenced by the district judge’s determination that the defendant had used the gun to commit another felony. A person who, “while armed with a deadly weapon,” “recklessly ... performs ... an act that creates a substantial risk of bodily injury to another person” (“recklessly” being defined as committing the act “in plain, conscious, and unjustifiable disregard of harm that might result and the disregard involves a substantial deviation from…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- United States v. Shawn D. RutherfordCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- McNabb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2003
- United States v. Ladish Malting Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
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