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Date: 02-08-2022
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Case Number: 1:18-cr-00533
Judge: Sara L. Ellis
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Cook County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Chicago, Illinois criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with illegally selling a "ghost gun" to a convicted felon.
A jury in U.S. District Court in Chicago on convicted JOSEPH GHANDOUR of illegally selling an AR-15 rifle to the felon during a meeting in a grocery store parking lot in Deerfield, Ill., on July 28, 2017. The rifle was considered a “ghost gun” because it contained no identifiable serial number and had been manufactured by another individual from parts collected from various sources. Unbeknownst to Ghandour, the felon to whom he sold the rifle was cooperating with law enforcement.
Ghandour, 31, of Glenview, Ill., was convicted of selling or disposing of a firearm to a convicted felon who could not lawfully possess a firearm. The charge is punishable by a maximum sentence of ten years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis scheduled sentencing for June 22, 2022, at 10:30 a.m.
Disrupting illegal firearms trafficking is a centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s cross-jurisdictional strike force aimed at reducing gun violence. As part of the Chicago firearms trafficking strike force, the U.S. Attorney’s Office collaborates with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners in the Northern District of Illinois and across the country to help stem the supply of illegally trafficked firearms and identify patterns, leads, and potential suspects in violent gun crimes.
SELL FIREARMS TO ADDICTS, FELONS, FUGITIVES
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Outcome: 02/01/2022 70 ORDER as to Joseph Ghandour: Trial begins - jury. Jury impaneled. Jury trial continued to 2/3/2022 at 10:00 AM. Signed by the Honorable Sara L. Ellis on 2/1/2022. Mailed notice (gcy, ) (Entered: 02/02/2022)
02/03/2022 71 ORDER as to Joseph Ghandour: Trial ends -jury. Verdict reached. Jury finds Defendant Joseph Ghandour guilty as charged in the Indictment. Post-trial motions are due by 4/4/2022; responses by 5/4/2022; replies by 5/18/2022. Sentencing hearing set for 6/22/2022 at 10:30 a.m. Sentencing memoranda and any objections filed by the Defendant to the presentence investigation report should be filed on or before 6/8/2022. Sentencing memoranda and any objections filed by the Government to the presentence investigation report should be filed on or before 6/15/2022. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3664(d)(1), if restitution is being sought in this case, 60 days prior to the sentencing date, the Government shall provide the Probation Office and the courtroom deputy an electronic standardized spreadsheet (available on the Court's website) with a list of victims and their full current contact information. This list shall include any amounts subject to restitution. If the Government is not able to provide the full victim list 60 days prior to sentencing, they shall file a motion to request an extension of time to compile the information, to the extent permitted by 18 U.S.C. 3664(d)(5). Probation Office ordered to release sentencing recommendation to counsel of record. Defendant to remain on bond pending sentencing. Same bond conditions shall stand. Signed by the Honorable Sara L. Ellis on 2/3/22. Mailed notice (aee, ) (Entered: 02/04/2022)
02/03/2022 72 JURY Instructions as to Joseph Ghandour. (aee, ) (Entered: 02/04/2022)
02/03/2022 73 JURY Verdict as to Joseph Ghandour (1) guilty on Count 1. Verdict form emailed to defendant's counsel of record as to Joseph Ghandour (RESTRICTED.). (aee, ) (Entered: 02/04/2022)
02/03/2022 74 JURY Notes as to Joseph Ghandour. (aee, ) (Entered: 02/04/2022)
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