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Abbott v. U.S., No. 09-479 (U.S. Supreme Court) (562 U.S. 8; 131 S.Ct. 18) (November 15, 2010) (Justice Ginsburg)

Loaded on Nov. 29, 2010 published in Punch and Jurists November 29, 2010
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Stacking Mandatory Minimum Sentences.

Here a unanimous Court held that defendants convicted of possession of a gun while selling drugs are subject to the five year mandatory minimum sentence on top of any other applicable mandatory minimum, despite the "except" clause in § 924(c)(1)(A).

This consolidated appeal involved dual challenges to identical five-year mandatory ...

 

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