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U.S. v. BROWN

No. 09-1028.

610 F.3d 395 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rodney BROWN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 22, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene L. Miller, Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana, IL, Linda L. Mullen, Attorney (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Rock Island, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Karl W. Bryning, Attorney, Johanna M. Christiansen, Attorney (argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, MANION, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

When Rodney Brown pleaded guilty to distributing more than five grams of crack cocaine, it looked as if he was about to go to prison for a long time. Brown had a prior drug conviction, and so he faced a mandatory minimum sentence of 120 months' imprisonment. To make matters worse, his two previous convictions for aggravated assault qualified him as a career offender for purposes of § 4B1.1 of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, and this bumped...

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