Legal Opinion
Jeffrey P. Curtis and Martin A. Sax v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 19, 2002No. 01-2826, 01-2827PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Convicted of conspiring to distribute marijuana, Jeffrey Curtis and Martin Sax were sentenced to 262 months’ imprisonment apiece. See United States v. Curtis, 37 F.3d 301 (7th Cir.1994); United States v. Sax, 39 F.3d 1380 (7th Cir.1994) (remanding for resentencing; the 262-month term was imposed on remand). After the Supreme Court issued Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), Curtis and Sax filed collateral attacks under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, contending that their sentences are unconstitutional because the petit jury did not find…
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