Legal Opinion
United States v. Barnes
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 25, 2011No. 11-1261, 11-1602PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Upon re-sentencing, a district court judge respectively sentenced Marlyn Barnes and Melvin Taylor to 292 months and 188 months of imprisonment for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. In a successive appeal before this Court, Barnes and Taylor challenge those sentences. They argue that, in light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Pepper v. United States, — U.S. -, 131 S.Ct. 1229, 179 L.Ed.2d 196 (2011), the district court did not properly entertain new arguments when it re-sentenced them. They also advance that the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Greenlaw v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
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