Legal Opinion
United States v. Robinson
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 7, 2001No. 00-1674PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
A petit jury convicted defendant-appellant Carolyn A. Robinson of trafficking in crack cocaine. The district court thereafter sentenced her to spend 121 months in prison. In this appeal, she mounts a tripartite challenge to her sentence, hinging all three prongs on Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000) — an opinion handed down by the Supreme Court well after she was sentenced. We conclude that Appren-di is inapposite and therefore affirm the judgment below.
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Background
We previously upheld the conviction and sentence of the appellant’s…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- United States v. Kayle NordbyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
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