By: Derek Hawkins//March 19, 2018//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: United States of America v. Omarr D. Teague
Case No.: 17-1725
Officials: KANNE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges, and DURKIN, District Judge
Focus: Sentencing Guidelines
Prior convictions for crimes of violence subject a defendant to a higher base offense level under the federal Sentencing Guidelines. Because the district court below erroneously concluded that the offense of second degree murder under Illinois law is not a crime of violence, we reverse.
Second degree murder under Illinois law qualifies as a crime of violence under both prongs of section 4B1.2 of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. Therefore, the judgment of the district court is REVERSED and this case is REMANDED to the district court for resentencing consistent with this opinion.
Reversed and Remanded