1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 89 F.3d
  5. 89 F.3d 368 (1996)
 

U.S. v. PULLEN

No. 95-3790.

89 F.3d 368 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Doss E. PULLEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 10, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied August 16, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Rand Elden, Chief of Appeals, Jerome Krulewitch (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Appellate Division, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Richard H. McLeese (argued), Decker & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and KANNE and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied August 16, 1996.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

The defendant pleaded guilty to armed robbery of a federally insured credit union and was sentenced to 188 months in prison. The appeal, which challenges primarily the judge's refusal to grant him a downward departure from his sentence on the basis of his having been sexually and otherwise abused as a small child, and later as an adolescent, by his father, presents...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases