Legal Opinion
United States v. Graham
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 21, 2010No. 08-5993PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J., joined by Gibbons, J.,
MERRITT, J. (pp. 465-70), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Donald Graham, convicted of three counts of a seven-count indictment for crack-cocaine offenses under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2, appeals from the district court’s denial of his Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 29 motion for a judgment of acquittal, denial of his motion to disregard life sentence, and sentencing decision. Graham’s main contention on appeal is that his life sentence, imposed for his third qualifying felony under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A), violates…
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