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U.S. v. NELSON

No. 05-3624.

491 F.3d 344 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nolan R. NELSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 21, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Chesley (argued), Patrick D. Hansen, Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Richard H. Parsons, Andrew J. McGowan (argued), Johanna M. Christiansen, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, MANION, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

What is the meaning of life? Or perhaps more pointedly, what is the equivalent of a term of life imprisonment for sentencing purposes? In this appeal, we are presented with that very question as we review the district court's calculation of Nolan Nelson's sentence. Nelson, age 30, faced a mandatory minimum sentence of life imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to his third felony drug conviction. Because Nelson decided to cooperate with the...

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