Legal Opinion
United States v. Eddie Lee Galloway
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1992No. 90-3034PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge,
with whom FAGG, BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, MAGILL, LOKEN and HANSEN, Circuit Judges, join.
This case presents the issues of whether sentencing by considering relevant conduct, which has been called the cornerstone of the United States Sentencing Guidelines, is authorized by statute and permitted by the United States Constitution. The district court sentenced Eddie Lee Galloway to twenty-four months based on a single count of theft from interstate shipment under 18 U.S.C. § 659 (1988) after it held that the Constitution prevented it from considering other uncharged property…
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