Legal Opinion

Victor Jackson v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 16, 2017No. 16-2470PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

In 2011, Petitioner Victor Jackson and codefendant Daniel Kelly were convicted of cocaine-related offenses. Jackson was convicted by a jury while Kelly pleaded guilty. Jackson was sentenced to 360 months’ imprisonment. He appealed his conviction and sentence; we affirmed his conviction but vacated his sentence, holding that he was entitled to be resentenced under the Fair Sentencing Act based on the Supreme Court’s holding in Dorsey v. United States, 567 U.S. 260, 264, 132 S.Ct. 2321, 183 L.Ed.2d 250 (2012). See United States v. Jackson, 491 Fed.Appx. 738, 739 (7th Cir.…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  5. United States v. RaddatzSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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