U.S. v. Vasquez-Zamora, No. 99-52282 (5th Cir.) (253 F.3d 211) (May 31, 2001) (Judge Eldon E. Fallon)
Loaded on July 1, 2001
published in Punch and Jurists
July 23, 2001
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Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences.
Here the Court held that where a district court could have imposed consecutive prison terms for each count of the indictment, its finding that concurrent terms for both counts was appropriate punishment for the defendant rendered its violation of the Apprendi-rule prejudicial.
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