U.S. v. Watkins, No. 05-4551 (6th Cir.) (509 F.3d 277) (December 14, 2007) (Judge Ronald Lee Gilman)
Loaded on Nov. 1, 2007
published in Punch and Jurists
November 26, 2007
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Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
In this case, the Sixth Circuit rejected the defendant’s contention that his sentence of 1,772 months (147 years) was constitutionally invalid under the Eighth Amendment as cruel and unusual punishment. The defendant, Gary Watkins, a first time offender, was convicted of participating in a string of six bank robberies during ...
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More from this issue:
- U.S. v. Watkins, No. 05-4551 (6th Cir.) (509 F.3d 277) (December 14, 2007) (Judge Ronald Lee Gilman)
- U.S. v. Pauley, No. 07-4270 (4th Cir.) (511 F.3d 468) (December 28, 2007) (Judge Clyde H. Hamilton)
- Casey v. City of Federal Heights, No. 06-1426 (10th Cir.) (509 F.3d 1278) (December 10, 2007) (Judge Michael W. McConnell)
- Bismullah v. Gates, No. 06-1197 (D.C. Cir.) (503 F.3d 137) (October 3, 2007) (Judge Douglas Ginsburg)
- U.S. v. Mayer, No. 06-50481 (9th Cir.) (503 F.3d 740) (June 6, 2007) (Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall)
- U.S. v. Colonna, No. 06-5237 (4th Cir.) (511 F.3d 431) (December 20, 2007) (Judge Roger L. Gregory)
- U.S. v. Canty, No. 06-1376 (7th Cir.) (499 F.3d 729) (August 28, 2007) (Judge Diane P. Wood)
- U.S. v. Betts, No. 06-50205 (9th Cir.) (511 F.3d 872) (December 14, 2007) (Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld)
- U.S. v. Christman, No. 06-3266 (6th Cir.) (509 F.3d 299) (November 20, 2007) (Judge Richard Allen Griffin)
- U.S. v. Hirliman, No. 05-3677-cr(L) (2nd Cir.) (503 F.3d 212) (September 27, 2007) (Judge Ralph K. Jr. Winter)
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