U.S. v. Ramirez, No. 98-6130 (6th Cir.) (242 F.3d 348) (February 16, 2001) (Judge Gilbert S. Merritt)
Loaded on Jan. 1, 2001
published in Punch and Jurists
January 29, 2001
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Mandatory Minimums.
From the beginning, Judge Merritt has been a strong proponent of a broad and far-reaching interpretation of the Supreme Court’s decision in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000). He dissented in U.S. v. Gatewood, 230 F.3d 186 (6th Cir. 2000), when the majority refused to hold that …
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