Legal Opinion
United States v. Jerome Brough
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 22, 2001No. 00-2695PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
After a bench trial, Jerome Brough was convicted of conspiring to distribute both heroin and crack cocaine, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. His main appellate arguments arise from Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000)—oddly, because Apprendi principally concerns the division of responsibility between judge and jury, while Brough agreed that all issues in his case would be resolved by a judge. But Apprendi affects the burden of persuasion as well as the identity of the decisionmaker, so it has potential bearing even…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- United States v. Kayle NordbyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Edwards v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- United States v. Wendell Nance, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
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3Cited by130 opinions
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- United States v. Abraham HernandezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- United States v. Leroy S. Outen Rodney D. Smith Sheldon Wilford Donald Gordon Euton Christian Tyrone McFadden Herbie Noel, AKA "Wayne"Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
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