Greenlaw v. U.S., No. 07-330 (U.S. Supreme Court) (554 U.S. 237; 128 S.Ct. 2559) (June 23, 2008) (Justice Ginsburg)
Here the Court held that a circuit court's sua sponte decision to impose a longer sentence on defendant after he appealed was error under the Principle of Party Presentation, absent a government appeal or cross-appeal.
The petitioner in this case, Michael Greenlaw, was convicted of seven separate drug and firearm ...
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