Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Knox, No. 06-4101 (7th Cir.) (573 F.3d 441) (July 20, 2009) (Judge John Daniel Tinder) by This appeal by three defendants who were convicted of conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine and sentenced before the Supreme Court’s landmark crack cocaine ruling in Kimbrough v. …

U.S. v. Williams, No. 05-11318 (11th Cir.) (431 F.3d 767) (November 30, 2005) (Per Curiam) by

O'Sullivan v. Boerckel, No. 97-2048 (U.S. Supreme Court) (526 U.S. 838; 119 S.Ct. 1728) (June 7, 1999) (Justice O'Connor) by Here the Court held that before a state prisoner files a Federal habeas petition, he or she must "give the state courts one full oportunity to resolve any constitutional issues …

U.S. v. Thompson, No. 96-1390 (2nd Cir.) (113 F.3d 13) (May 7, 1997) (Judge Dennis G. Jacobs) by This case deals with two frequently litigated restitution issues. First, the Court emphatically affirmed that a failure to object to a restitutionary order is not a bar to appellate review "because improperly …