Legal Opinion
United States v. Willis Walter Hamblin, Gregory Jones
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 11, 1990No. 89-8553PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
The central focus of this appeal concerns the mandatory sentencing provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). Appellants Willis Hamblin and Gregory Jones attack the district court’s application of that statute to them as well as the underlying constitutionality of section 924(c). Jones also claims ineffective assistance of counsel, attacks the sufficiency of the government’s evidence supporting his conviction, and appeals the district court’s use of the sentencing guidelines to increase his punishment at his sentencing hearing. 1 Hamblin contends that the evidence was insufficient…
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- Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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