UNITED STATES v. BURGESS

No. 20-2940.

22 F.4th 680 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward B. BURGESS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 6, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy W. Funnell , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Green Bay, WI, Jonathan H. Koenig , Julie F. Stewart , Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Daniel J. Hillis , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Springfield, IL, Thomas W. Patton , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Easterbrook, Ripple, and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.


Edward B. Burgess burned down the apartment he shared with his girlfriend on December 7, 2018. While on the run from police, Burgess robbed a Metro PCS store at gunpoint. At sentencing, the district court applied a 2-level adjustment for obstruction of justice under U.S.S.G. 3C1.1. The court based the adjustment on Burgess...

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