Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Lee Elliott, A/K/A Biddie
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1988No. 87-7712PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
Robert Lee Elliott appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to set aside cumulative sentences imposed upon him for multiple violations of the federal narcotics laws arising out of two deliveries of the same type drug to the same buyer at the same place but ten days apart in time. Elliott contended that (1) the two deliveries represented a single, continuous offense for which only a single punishment could be imposed under the statute; (2) that even if the cumulative sentences were statutorily authorized, they constituted cruel and unusual…
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