U.S. v. SAUNDERS

No. 02-2884.

359 F.3d 874 (2004)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nathaniel SAUNDERS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Jamil Jaffer (argued), law student, Tracey Louise Meares, University of Chicago Center for Studies in Criminal Justice, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Nathaniel Saunders's rap sheet contained three felony convictions prior to the incident that gave rise to this appeal: aggravated battery (1975), armed robbery (1980), and murder (1983). After he was released in 1999 from the prison term he was serving for the murder conviction, Saunders managed to stay out of trouble until December 20, 2000. On that evening he was involved in an altercation that resulted in his current conviction for...

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