Legal Opinion
United States v. John J. Brick
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 26, 1990No. 89-2283PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLEN SHARP, District Judge.
John J. Brick was convicted by a jury of three counts of violating 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and 18 U.S.C. § 2. The offenses occurred after the effective date of the United States Sentencing Commission Guidelines (“Guidelines”). The district court granted Brick’s motion declaring the Guidelines unconstitutional and sentenced him under pre-Guidelines law. Thereafter, the United States Supreme Court held the Guidelines constitutional in Mistretta v. United States, 488 U.S. 361, 109 S.Ct. 647, 102 L.Ed.2d 714 (1989). Brick then was resentenced under the Guidelines…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Mistretta v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- United States v. Scott FranzCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- United States v. Robert Brown and Lemond JenkinsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Akanni HamzatCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- United States v. Myron KeeneCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
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