U.S. v. NDURIBE

No. 12-1975.

703 F.3d 1049 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James U. NDURIBE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 4, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

April M. Perry (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

John M. Beal (argued), Attorney, John M. Beal , Attorney at Law, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The defendant (whose actual name is Shefu Adebanji Alade Amisu, but we'll refer to him by the name he uses in the United States and under which he was prosecuted) pleaded guilty to a heroin offense and was sentenced to 116 months in prison. The sentence was within the guidelines range (108 to 135 months), but only because the judge added two levels for obstruction of justice to the defendant's base offense level. Without that addition his guidelines...

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