U.S. v. Brika, No. 05-4537 (6th Cir.) (487 F.3d 450) (May 23, 2007) (Judge Danny J. Boggs)
Loaded on April 1, 2007
published in Punch and Jurists
April 23, 2007
Here the Court rejected a number of constitutional and Booker challenges to a sentence significantly enhanced by the "the district court's consideration of conduct on which a jury could not agree." Among some of the noteworthy passages from the Court's opinion were the following:
"Brika first alleges that the …
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