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. …

Greenlaw v. U.S., No. 07-330 (U.S. Supreme Court) (554 U.S. 237; 128 S.Ct. 2559) (June 23, 2008) (Justice Ginsburg) by 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 …