Legal Opinion
United States v. Clanton
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 14, 2008No. 07-1773, 07-2358, 07-2924PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
This opinion consolidates for decision three cases argued before this panel on February 19, 2007. All three cases present a similar question — an appeal of a crack sentencing and an argument about the crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity. We will first address the other, for the most part meritless, issues raised in the individual cases and then move into the discussion of the crack sentencing ratio, which impacts all three cases. For the reasons discussed herein, we vacate and remand both Williams’s and Embry’s case for resentencing in light of Kimbrough and affirm…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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