Legal Opinion
United States v. Peter A. Makres, Also Known as Jerome K. Callahan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 26, 1991No. 89-2174PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Peter Makres appeals the denial by the district court of both his motion to correct an allegedly illegal sentence pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(a), and his motion for discretionary reduction of sentence, pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(b). For the following reasons, we affirm.
I
BACKGROUND
A. The Underlying Conviction and Sentence
In 1982, Mr. Makres pled guilty to five counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2314. 1 Mr. Makres forged endorsements on and cashed five checks that he had stolen from his Chicago employer. He cashed four of the…
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