Legal Opinion
United States v. Hilda Escobar De Bright
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1984No. 81-1648PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
We have taken this case en banc because of a conflict among our decisions in the application of the concurrent sentence doctrine. In doing so, we considered the propriety of using the doctrine as a discretionary way to avoid reviewing criminal convictions. However, the doctrine’s disadvantages outweigh its advantages. Therefore, we reject its application in this and future cases.
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DeBright was convicted of conspiring to import heroin, illegally importing heroin, conspiring to possess heroin with intent to distribute, and illegally possessing heroin with intent to…
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