Legal Opinion
Rutledge v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 27, 1996No. 94-8769PublishedCited by 746 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
A jury found petitioner guilty of participating in a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in violation of 84 Stat. 1265, as amended, 21 U. S. C. § 846, and of conducting a continuing criminal enterprise (CCE) in violation of § 848. The “in concert” element of his CCE offense was based on the same agreement as the § 846 conspiracy. The question presented is whether it was therefore improper for the District Court to sentence him to concurrent life sentences on the two counts.
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Petitioner organized and supervised a criminal enterprise that distributed cocaine in Warren County,…
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