Legal Opinion
United States v. Ferguson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 3, 2016No. 15-3753PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Grover Ferguson appeals his sentence. He was seventeen years old when he shot a woman three times during a carjacking, permanently disabling her. The high end of the guideline range for his crime was 217 months in prison. The government recommended a 240-month above-guideline sentence based on the severity of Ferguson’s violent actions. The district court, however, imposed a sentence of 600 months (50 years) in prison, or more than 31 years longer than the top of the guideline range.
We vacate the sentence and remand for re-sentencing. The Sentencing…
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3Cited by13 opinions
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