Legal Opinion
Gonzalez v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 27, 2001No. CIV.A. 00-11054-WGY, CIV.A. 00-12636-WGYPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, Chief Judge.
These cases present an extraordinary clash between the attempt of the Massachusetts legislature to provide procedural due process to those accused of crime and the will of the United States Congress to restrict such procedural protections as far as the United States Constitution permits.
Both petitioners, Jose Gonzalez (“Gonzalez”) and Scott Brackett (“Brackett”) bring their petitions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate, set aside, or correct their sentences. Specifically, Gonzalez and Brackett seek re-sentencing to a lesser term of imprisonment. Their…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Custis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Brackett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
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