Legal Opinion

United States of America, Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Benjamin Gary Triestman, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided June 2, 1999No. Docket 98-1021(L), 98-1221(XAP)PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge:

In a recent decision, this court resolved the “important issue” of “whether a district court has jurisdiction to resentence a defendant on an underlying, unchallenged drug trafficking conviction where, pursuant to Bailey v. United States, 516 U.S. 137, 116 S.Ct. 501, 133 L.Ed.2d 472 (1995), the defendant has successfully challenged a related firearm conviction in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition.” United States v. Gor-dils, 117 F.3d 99, 100 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 118 S.Ct. 430, 139 L.Ed.2d 330 (1997). In this case, we address the related issue of whether such a…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Bailey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  2. United States v. DiFrancescoSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Felker v. TurpinSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  4. Swain v. PressleySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Ben Gary Triestman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997

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3Cited by54 opinions

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