Legal Opinion
United States v. Joshua Acoff
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 10, 2011No. Docket 10-285-crPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge CALABRESI concurs in a separate opinion.
Judge LYNCH concurs in a separate opinion.
2Per curiam
Appellee Joshua Acoff pled guilty in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Peter C. Dorsey, J.) to possessing five or more grams of cocaine base with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841. Although the district court accepted Acoffs plea of guilty to that offense, it declined to sentence him pursuant to Section 841(b)(1)(B), the penalty provision that covers the conduct charged in the indictment and admitted to by Acoff. In lieu of the sixty-month sentence…
3Cases cited10 opinions
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Kimbrough v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Mistretta v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- United States v. RegaladoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
- United States v. Christopher MooreCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
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4Cited by35 opinions
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- United States v. TicklesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
- United States v. DouglasCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2011
- United States v. HolcombCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
- United States v. BaptistCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
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