Legal Opinion
Jimmy Ray Valentine (04-2116) Kenneth Jerome Valentine (05-1877) v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 14, 2007No. 04-2116, 05-1877PublishedCited by 197 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J., joined by Bunning, D.J.,
MARTIN, J. (pp. 339-52), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
COOK, Circuit Judge.
Jimmy Ray and Kenneth Valentine were convicted of conspiring to possess and distribute cocaine powder and crack cocaine. They now raise numerous challenges to their convictions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The Valentines, jointly and severally, make a number of arguments based on United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). Largely for reasons this court articulated in Humphress v. United States, 398 F.3d 855 (6th Cir.2005), these claims…
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