U.S. v. SMITH

No. 18-3696.

981 F.3d 606 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brennen M. SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 25, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Crowley Knight , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Rock Island, IL, W. Scott Simpson , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Peter W. Henderson , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Urbana, IL, Thomas W. Patton , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Sykes, Chief Judge, and Ripple and Rovner, Circuit Judges.


Brennen Smith stole a pickup truck in Iowa, drove it across the Mississippi River into Illinois, then crashed into a median and fled the scene, leaving a stolen handgun inside. Because he has a felony record and the stolen truck crossed state lines, Smith faced federal charges of unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon and...

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