Legal Opinion
United States v. John Morrison
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 9, 2016No. 15-3589 & 15-3601PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Defendants-appellants John Morrison and Anna Novak both pled guilty to distributing a controlled substance analog and to tax fraud. The district court accepted their guilty pleas and later sentenced Morrison to forty-eight months of incarceration and Novak to ninety-six months. They now appeal, challenging the constitutionality of the Controlled Substances Analogue Act, 21 U.S.C. § 813 (the Analogue Act), the district court’s acceptance of their guilty pleas, and their sentences. We affirm.
I. Background
From approximately November 2009 through September 2013, Morrison, and…
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