U.S. v. MIRANDA

No. 06-4195.

505 F.3d 785 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Luis MIRANDA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyler Murray (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Gareth G. Morris (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before FLAUM, MANION and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Luis Miranda pled guilty to one count of bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). Miranda has a history of severe mental illness, and at sentencing, he presented considerable evidence of diminished capacity. Miranda also presented evidence in support of an argument that his criminal history category overstated the nature of his prior criminal history. He argued to the district court for a below-guidelines sentence based on several...

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