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United States v. Timothy Curtis Ballard

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided November 15, 1993No. 92-7031PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the first impression issue for our circuit of whether a district court is authorized to make a federal sentence consecutive to a state sentence not yet imposed for pending state charges. On the facts of this case, the district court determined that it could impose such a sentence. We AFFIRM.

I.BACKGROUND

Defendant-appellant Timothy Curtis Ballard was incarcerated in the Mobile County Metro Jail awaiting a state trial on first-degree armed robbery charges. From jail, he wrote and mailed a letter dated May 11, 1992, to then President George Bush. The letter…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. United States v. WheelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. United States v. Samuel ScrogginsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
  3. United States v. Welton BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
  4. United States v. Gwendolyn FossettCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
  5. George Freeman Causey v. Benjamin R. Civiletti, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by58 opinions

  1. Ronald Romandine v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
  2. Anthony Ruggiano, Jr. v. R.M. Reish, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
  3. United States v. SetserCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
  4. Finch v. VaughnCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
  5. United States v. Darin QuinteroCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998

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