Sentencing Guidelines

By: Derek Hawkins//March 19, 2018//

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7^th 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

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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