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U.S. v. ACHBANI

No. 06-4190.

507 F.3d 598 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lahbib ACHBANI, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 8, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Terence F. MacCarthy, Gabriel B. Plotkin (argued), Office of the Federal Defender Program, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before COFFEY, RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

In December 2005, Lahbib Achbani pleaded guilty to making and uttering a counterfeit check in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 513(a). Mr. Achbani disappeared shortly before his scheduled sentencing hearing. The district court postponed the hearing several times while the Government searched for Mr. Achbani. Ultimately the court found that Mr. Achbani had absconded and sentenced him in absentia to 33 months' imprisonment. Although Mr. Achbani...

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