United States v. Taylor, No. 11-3607 (7th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseOver the course of two days in late 2009, Taylor went on a shooting spree in Aurora, Illinois. He fired his black 9 millimeter Beretta semiautomatic pistol on residential streets, at family homes, and at a moving vehicle, all in an apparent attempt to retaliate against rival gang members. Taylor was arrested and charged with possessing a firearm after having previously been convicted of a felony. Before his jury trial, Taylor unsuccessfully moved to exclude evidence of two other guns that officers had recovered at the scene of his arrest. The jury found Taylor guilty of violating the felon-in-possession statute. Based in part on the violent circumstances of Taylor’s crime and his extensive criminal history, the district court imposed a sentence of 480 months’ imprisonment, nearly 13 years above his advisory guideline range. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, upholding the denial of the motion and the sentence and rejecting a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence.
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