U.S. v. Butler

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 21-2297
Decision Date: 
January 24, 2023
Federal District: 
N.D. Ill., E. Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed

Dist. Ct. did not err in sentencing defendant to 188-month, within Guidelines sentence on child pornography charge, even though defendant argued on appeal that Dist. Ct. did not adequately consider his background and mitigating circumstances. Defendant waived said issue, where Dist. Ct. asked defendant’s counsel if she had adequately addressed his main arguments in mitigation, and counsel responded that she had. Moreover, defendant underdeveloped said issue on appeal by failing to identify what he thought Dist. Ct. overlooked or explain why any omission was consequential with respect to his sentence.