U.S. v. Sonnenberg

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 09-2801
Decision Date: 
December 8, 2010
Federal District: 
W.D. Wisc.
Holding: 
Vacated and remanded
Dist. Ct. erred in sentencing defendant to 292-month term of incarceration on drug conspiracy charge where said sentence was premised in part on finding that defendant was career offender based in part on prior Minnesota conviction on charge of intra-familial sexual abuse. Minnesota conviction was not crime of violence for purposes of satisfying career offender guidelines since Minnesota statute covered sexual activity that could be consensual and non-violent as contemplated under standards of Beguy and McDonald.