U.S. v. Williams

Defendant pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal employee and using a gun during a crime of violence. The district court accepted the plea and sentenced him to 153 months in prison. On appeal, defendant argued that he wrongfully believed that a conviction for assaulting a federal employee counted as a crime of violence to support his conviction for using a gun during a crime of violence. The Seventh Circuit dismissed the appeal, finding that defendant repeatedly waived this argument and that the district court correctly explained the nature of the charges. (EASTERBROOK and SCUDDER, concurring)