U.S. v. PURHAM

No. 14-3424.

795 F.3d 761 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sylvester PURHAM, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 5, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason M. Bohm , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Kent R. Carlson , Attorney, Carlson & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before KANNE, ROVNER, Circuit Judges and DOW, District Judge.


Sylvester Purham appeals his sentence for conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of crack cocaine. He raises three challenges to his sentence. First, he argues that the district court exceeded the scope of our remand order when it recalculated his base offense level. Second, he argues that his prison sentence of 324 months...

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