Legal Opinion
United States v. Alexander
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 22, 2009No. 07-3420PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant was sentenced to 151 months in prison for bank robbery, a sentence within the guidelines range of 151 to 189 months for a career offender, which the judge correctly determined him to be. At the time sentence was imposed, Amendment 709 to the sentencing guidelines, proposed by the Sentencing Commission, was pending. Had the amendment been in effect, the defendant’s guidelines range would have been only 63 to 78 months.
Under the guidelines governing the calculation of a defendant’s criminal history as they existed before the amendment, a defendant’s prior…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- United States v. WhitingCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
- United States v. Huckley Armstrong, A.K.A. ShortyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
- United States v. DrathCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- United States v. GeerkenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007
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3Cited by33 opinions
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