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United States v. Jackson

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided October 7, 2008No. 07-3226PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Stanley F. Jackson pled guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Jackson was on probation and supervised release when he committed the charged offense so he received a four-year sentence from the state court for violating the terms of his release. The district court then sentenced Jackson to 170 months’ imprisonment for the drug offense and imposed its sentence to run consecutively to that state sentence.

Jackson challenges the consecutive nature of his sentence, arguing that because the state sentence…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. United States v. Karl CunninghamCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
  3. United States v. Michael E. WyattCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
  4. Ronald Romandine v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
  5. United States v. MirandaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. United States v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
  2. United States v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
  3. United States v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
  4. United States v. McNeilCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
  5. United States v. Lindani MzembeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2020

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