Legal Opinion
United States v. Paul Luskin
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1991No. 90-7273PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CACHERIS, District Judge:
In 1989, this Court affirmed Paul Lus-kin’s conviction on numerous charges relating to his attempt to have his estranged wife Marie Luskin killed. Shortly thereafter, Luskin was sentenced to a long prison term, and he has appealed this sentence. Among other things, Luskin has raised a question that has not been previously addressed by this circuit: when is it permissible to sentence a defendant to consecutive periods of imprisonment for separate convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)? That subsection prohibits the carrying or using of a firearm during a “crime of…
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