Legal Opinion
United States v. Timothy R. Burnett
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 14, 1995No. 95-1716PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
We confront at the outset of this case a jurisdictional question: whether a defendant may appeal the computation of his sentencing range, when he already has a sentence below the lower bound of the range he thinks is right. Surprisingly, none of the courts of appeals has addressed this question, although dictum from the Supreme Court implies an answer.
Details of this case matter little to the jurisdictional inquiry, but the pattern is familiar. Timothy Burnett was caught peddling cocaine and marijuana. Hoping to reduce his punishment, he agreed to help the…
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