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KANNE, Circuit Judge. Domingo Blount spearheaded a narcotics-trafficking ring with Defendant Charles Thomas serving as security. Ultimately, law enforcement broke up the ring and charged many of its participants, including Thomas. After a series of disagreements with several attorneys, Thomas represented himself at his trial. He called Blount as a witness in his defense, and Blo

KANNE, Circuit Judge. Defendants-Appellants Ladonta Gill and Dana Bostic both pled guilty to participating in a heroin distribution conspiracy. Gill challenges his sentence as procedurally unsound, disputing his criminal history point assessment and supervised release conditions. Bostic challenges his sentence as procedurally unsound and substantively unreasonable. We vacate and

TINDER, Circuit Judge. Brandon Burgess was indicted for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He moved to suppress the gun, which police officers found after stopping a car that he was riding in, arguing that the officers lacked reasonable suspicion to justify the stop. The district court denied his motion, and Burgess preserved

MANION, Circuit Judge. Christopher Hunter, Tommy Adams, Ladonta Gill, and Dana Bostic were charged (along with ten others) in a multi-count indictment with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of 1000 grams or more of mixtures and substances containing a detectable amount of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and § 841(a)(1). All four eventually pleaded guilty and now appeal either (or both)

300 F.Supp.2d 632 (2004) UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff, v. Michael LEE Defendant. No. 03-CR-748. United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division. January 16, 2004. *633 Steven I. Saltzman, Attorney at Law, Chicago, IL, for Defendant. John T. Ryan, United States Attorney's Office, Chicago, IL, for Plainti

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________ No. 05-2655 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KARL BULLOCK, Defendant-Appellant. ____________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern Dist

EVANS, Circuit Judge. After receiving what can best be described as a whopper of a sentence — 1,200 months in a federal prison' — Karl Bullock filed this appeal claiming it was unreasonable. Today, we resolve his appeal. Bullock pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing heroin. Each count carried a maximum penalty of 20 years. 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C

BAUER, Circuit Judge. After a jury trial, Joseph Van Sach was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). District Judge Ruben Castillo determined that the Armed Career Criminal Act applied, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), and therefore, Van Sach’s advisory Sentencing Guideline range was 210 to 262 months. Judge Castillo sentenced Van Sach at t

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________ No. 05-2790 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSEPH VAN SACH, Defendant-Appellant. ____________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern Distric

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2022 IL App (1st) 210043 No. 1-21--0043 Opinion filed September 30, 2022 SIXTH DIVISION IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FIRST DISTRICT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE O

2023 IL App (1st) 220955 No. 1-22-0955 Second Division December 19, 2023 ____________________________________________________________________________ IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

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2023 IL App (1st) 192519 No. 1-19-2519 Opinion filed January 30, 2023 First Division ___________________________________________________________________________ IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM, dissenting: I respectfully dissent because I believe that there was ample evidence from which a properly instructed jury could have found defendant guilty of theft rather than armed robbery. The majority finds that the trial court erred in failing to so instruct the jury and that it should have been for the jur

836 N.E.2d 159 (2005) 361 Ill. App.3d 93 296 Ill.Dec. 744 The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johnnie WILSON, Defendant-Appellant. No. 1-03-3552. Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division. September 14, 2005. *160 Michael J. Pelletier, State

Illinois Official Reports Appellate Court People v. Flores, 2014 IL App (1st) 121786 Appellate Court THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Caption OSCAR FLORES, Defendant-Appellant. District & No. First District, Fifth Division Docket No. 1-12-1786 Filed Novemb

847 N.E.2d 753 (2006) 364 Ill. App.3d 762 301 Ill.Dec. 743 The PEOPLE of The State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johnnie WILSON, Defendant-Appellant. No. 1-03-3552. Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division. March 29, 2006. *754 Michael J. Pelletier, State Ap

Illinois Official Reports Appellate Court People v. Macias, 2015 IL App (1st) 132039 Appellate Court THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Caption ROBERT MACIAS, Defendant-Appellant. District & No. First District, Fifth Division Docket No. 1-13-2039 Filed June 26, 2015 Decision Under Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County, No. 07-CR-1

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