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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 ยง 924(c)(1)(A).

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

 

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