U.S. v. Peel

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 11-2776
Decision Date: 
February 6, 2012
Federal District: 
S.D. Ill.
Holding: 
Affirmed
Dist. Ct. did not err on remand in sentencing defendant to 144-month term of incarceration on bankruptcy fraud and possession of child pornography charges. Dist. Ct. could properly view money defendant hoped to save by blackmailing his ex-wife through threat to publish nude photographs of ex-wife’s 16-year old sister-in-law when measuring defendant’s pecuniary gain for purposes of instant sentence. Moreover, defendant could not raise issues in instant appeal that pertained to either his sentence or conviction that were actually resolved or could have been raised in his initial appeal.