Legal Opinion

United States v. Musgraves

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided February 26, 2018No. 16-4160PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hamilton, Circuit Judge.

This is defendant Miles Musgraves' second appeal from his 2015 convictions and sentences on drug and firearm charges. He was first sentenced as a career offender to 240 months in prison. In Musgraves' first appeal, we reversed three of his five convictions and remanded for resentencing. On remand the district court found by a preponderance of the evidence that Musgraves engaged in some of the acquitted conduct: drug distribution and possession of a firearm as a felon. The district court also found that, despite the reversed convictions, Musgraves was still a career…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. United States v. WattsSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  4. Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  5. United States v. AbbasCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Musgraves v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 2020
  2. Musgraves v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 2020
  3. United States v. Christopher E. BranchCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2020
  4. United States v. Christopher E. BranchCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2020
  5. United States v. Dennis WeathersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018

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