U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States v. Philroy Johnson
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton
- Judge Richard Allen Griffin
- Judge Chad Andrew Readler
Case history
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Aug. 13, 2019decided Decision issued in United States v. Philroy Johnson
Opinions and writings
SUTTON, Circuit Judge. Philroy Johnson developed a penchant for illegally carrying firearms. When he pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number, that was his fifth firearm conviction. The district court varied upward from the guidelines range by 14 months and sentenced him to the statutory maximum: 60 months. Because the sentence was procedurally and substa…