U.S. v. Cotton, No. 01-687 (U.S. Supreme Court) (535 U.S. 625; 122 S.Ct. 1781) (May 20, 2002) (Justice Rehnquist)
Loaded on April 1, 2002
published in Punch and Jurists
April 29, 2002
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Elements of Offense.
Here the Court unanimously held drug sentences enhanced by judges with drug quantities not stated in the indictment may not be vacated where the defendant failed to raise any objections at sentencing and where the evidence of quantity was overwhelming.
Almost two years after the Supreme Court issued …
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