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Dean v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 3, 2017No. 15–9260PublishedCited by 263 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Roberts

Congress has made it a separate offense to use or possess a firearm in connection with a violent or drug trafficking crime. 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c). That separate firearm offense carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years for the first conviction and 25 years for a second. Those sentences must be in addition to and consecutive to the sentence for the underlying predicate offense. The question presented is whether, in calculating the sentence for the predicate offense, a judge must ignore the fact that the defendant will serve the mandatory minimums imposed under § 924(c).

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Levon Dean, Jr.,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Kimbrough v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Greenlaw v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  4. Pepper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  5. United States v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2014

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3Cited by263 opinions

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  3. United States v. Frank RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2020
  4. United States v. Antonyo ReeceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
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