Legal Opinion
United States v. George Martorano
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 5, 2012No. 11-2864PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEARNS, District Judge.
George Martorano was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole after pleading guilty to nineteen counts related to the wholesale distribution of drugs. In this appeal, Martorano raises two issues: whether the District Court imposed an illegal general sentence; and whether his undifferentiated sentence for conspiring to distribute drugs and supervising a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (CCE) violates the Double Jeopardy Clause. We will affirm the District Court.
BACKGROUND
On September 19, 1983, a federal grand jury handed up an indictment accusing Martorano of…
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