UNITED STATES v. GOMEZ

No. 85-3200.

797 F.2d 417 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edgar GOMEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1986.

As Amended July 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Courtney, Courtney, Pledl & Molter, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellant.

John A. Franke, Organized Crime & Racketeering Section, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WOOD, COFFEY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Two issues are raised, both of which relate to the impact which the defendant's illegal alien status may have had on the sentence imposed. The first requires consideration of references made by the court and Assistant United States Attorney during sentencing to the defendant as an illegal alien from Colombia. It is claimed those references violated the defendant's due process and equal protection rights. The second claim is that...

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