Legal Opinion
Buchmeier v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 10, 2009No. 06-2958PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
Shane Buchmeier was sentenced as an armed career criminal following four firearms convictions: two for possessing firearms despite a prior felony conviction, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and two for receiving stolen firearms, § 922(j). His sentence of 188 months’ imprisonment is within the 480-month maximum for these crimes. (Each conviction carries a maximum sentence of 10 years, § 924(a)(2)). But the armed career criminal enhancement set a floor of 180 months, § 924(e), and without it Buchmeier might have received a sentence in the Guideline range of 121 to 151 months…
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