U.S. v. THIGPEN

No. 05-1866.

456 F.3d 766 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Douglas M. THIGPEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 7, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brandon Fox (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Richard H. Parsons, Jonathan E. Hawley, Johanna M. Christiansen (argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before RIPPLE, MANION, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

In October 2003, Douglas Thigpen robbed a TCF Bank branch in a Jewel grocery store in Glendale Heights, Illinois. He threatened a teller and escaped with $2,204 in cash. Thigpen eventually was caught and pleaded guilty to bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a).

At sentencing, the district court found that Thigpen had three prior convictions that qualified him for the application of the career offender guideline, U.S.S...

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