Legal Opinion
United States v. Doss E. Pullen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 16, 1996No. 95-3790PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The defendant pleaded guilty to armed robbery of a federally insured credit union and was sentenced to 188 months in prison. The appeal, which challenges primarily the judge.’s refusal to grant him a downward departure from his sentence on the basis of his having been sexually and otherwise abused as a small child, and later as an adolescent, by his father, presents difficult and fundamental questions in the wake of Koon v. United States, — U.S. -, 116 S.Ct. 2035, 135 L.Ed.2d 392 (1996).
The defendant’s father was a drunkard and a gambler. He beat his wife and children and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Koon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Mistretta v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- United States v. Jose Garza CantuCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Walter Stewart v. Richard B. Gramley, Warden, Pontiac Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- United States v. Susie Vela and Jose Luis VelaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Brenda Lee Working, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
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