U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States v. Philroy Johnson
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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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