Court Opinion

ID: 9475486
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 05:28:40.38087+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:44:44.529650
License: Public Domain

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I join the judgment and the opinion of the court. I write separately only to note that, during the sentencing process, the trial judge made use of the probation officer sentencing council which this court has recently refused to sanction. United States v. Spudic, 795 F.2d 1334, 1342-44 (7th Cir.1986). The trial judge did not, of course, have the benefit of that decision when he imposed the sentence in this case and it is clear that he employed this device in a conscientious effort to determine an appropriate and fair sentence. Moreover, the appellant has raised no claim that the use of this device worked to his detriment. Accordingly, the court quite properly does not require resentencing on this ground.