Legal Opinion
United States v. Heard, Derrick
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 27, 2004No. 19-1142PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.
GARLAND, Circuit Judge:
The United States and defendant Derrick Heard agreed to resolve a criminal charge against Heard through a plea agreement that called for a sentence of 48 months’ imprisonment. The parties agreed to disagree, however, as to whether that sentence should run concurrently with, or consecutively to, a term of imprisonment that Heard was already serving for committing a different offense. The district court decided to run Heard’s new sentence consecutively to his old one, so that the 48-month period would not commence until…
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