United States v. Lavell Dean

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2005-07-07

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POSNER, Circuit Judge. A federal jury convicted Lavell Dean of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and the district judge sentenced him to 120 months in prison. The appeal, which challenges only the sentence, presents an important issue — the role of 18 U.S.C. § 3553 (a) in sentencing — that was presented, but left unresolved, by…

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