United States v. Abebe, No. 10-3966 (7th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant, with four prior felony convictions, discharged a gun inside the bank he was robbing and shot a bystander in the face outside the bank. He entered a plea of guilty to armed bank robbery (18 U.S.C. 2113(a) and (d)); discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence (18 U.S.C. 924(c); and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (18 U.S.C. 922(g)) and was sentenced to a total of 300 months of imprisonment plus payment of restitution. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, finding no procedural error and that the sentence was reasonable.
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