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U.S. v. GAMMICCHIA

No. 06-3325.

498 F.3d 467 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sam GAMMICCHIA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 9, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Alexander M. Salerno (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, COFFEY, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The defendant appeals from his 30-month prison sentence for obstruction of justice. The appeal bespeaks a misunderstanding of federal sentencing law under the regime created by the Booker decision. When as in this case a criminal appeal is frivolous, the defendant's attorney should file an Anders motion rather than waste the court's time on a lost cause. We write in the hope of heading off what is assuming the proportions of an...

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