Legal Opinion
United States v. Curtis
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 2004No. 02-16224PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BY THE COURT:
On July 19, 2004, after oral argument but prior to disposition on the merits of his direct appeal, Garland George Curtis filed a motion for leave to file a supplemental brief asserting, for the first time, a challenge to this sentence. Curtis seeks to argue that his sentencing enhancements were unconstitutional under Blakely v. Washington, — U.S.-, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004). For the following reasons, we deny the motion.
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In Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 490, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), the United States Supreme Court held that “[ojther than the…
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