U.S. v. JONES

No. 05-4272.

448 F.3d 958 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 23, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Andrea E. Gambino (argued), Gambino & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Christopher Jones had a history of small-time crime involving retail theft and possession of marijuana going back to 1993. For each of his brushes with the law he received correspondingly small-time penalties from Illinois courts: orders of supervision ranging from 6 to 12 months. Jones then decided to try his hand at selling crack cocaine. Unfortunately, after he was caught and convicted—this time in a different forum—he found...

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