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U.S. v. AERTS

No. 96-3649.

121 F.3d 277 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Edward AERTS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helene B. Greenwald, Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, Barry Rand Elden, Chief of Appeals, Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Appellate Division, Chicago, IL, Virginia M. Kendall (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Mary M. Rowland (argued), Paul Flynn, Office of the Federal Defender Program, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before BAUER, CUDAHY, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Michael Edward Aerts voluntarily turned himself in to the police and confessed to committing two bank robberies. At sentencing, Aerts asked the court to depart downward under section 5K2.16 of the United States Sentencing Commission Guidelines, which provides for a reduction in a defendant's sentence "[i]f the defendant voluntarily discloses to authorities the existence of, and accepts responsibility for, the offense prior...

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