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U.S. v. RIPPEE

No. 91-2485.

961 F.2d 677 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert J. RIPPEE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 14, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kit R. Morrissey, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Thomas Edward Leggans, Office of the U.S. Atty., Criminal Div., Fairview Heights, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Renee E. Schooley, Federal Public Defender (argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, East St. Louis, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before POSNER and MANION, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

By pretending to be a United States Marshal, Robert J. Rippee talked his way out of a traffic ticket and into an indictment in federal court. A jury convicted Rippee of impersonating a federal officer to obtain a thing of value in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 912 (1976), and the district judge sentenced Rippee to seven months imprisonment pursuant to the Sentencing Guidelines. On appeal, Rippee argues only that the district court erred in denying...

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