Sentencing Guidelines

By: Derek Hawkins//November 2, 2021//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Jesse J. Ballard

Case No.: 20-2381

Officials: FLAUM, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing Guidelines

This is a successive appeal regarding sentencing. Jesse Ballard pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district judge has sentenced him three different times for this offense. Ballard now argues the third sentence is procedurally and substantively unreasonable. But we affirm.

Affirmed

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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