UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOE’VEON M. PENSON WILLIS - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 18, 2025

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ON BRIEF: Susan J. Moran, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ON BRIEF: Segev Phillips, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.

Judge(s): NALBANDIAN, DAVIS, and HERMANDORFER, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio at Akron

NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judge. Joe’Veon Penson Willis operated a drug house with his half-brother. The government found out, raided the house, and arrested the brothers. Willis pled guilty and received a below-Guidelines sentence for drug and firearm offenses. Now he asks us to reverse his drug sentence as illegal and unreasonable. He’s wrong on both fronts, so we affirm that part of his sentence. Separately, the government uncovered an error in his firearm sentence. But because the error didn’t affect the overall sentence, we affirm that part of Willis’s sentence too.

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