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Type
Opinion
Author
Jeffrey S. Sutton
Filed
Aug. 13, 2019
Case
United States v. Philroy Johnson
Case status
Decided

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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…

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