Legal Opinion
United States v. Kaliph Whitlow
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 21, 2014No. 13-1347PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
In 2011, Kaliph Whitlow pled guilty to two counts of distribution of five or more grams of cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), crimes he committed before the August 3, 2010 effective date of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. See Pub.L. 111-220, 124 Stat. 2372 (2010) (hereafter the “Fair Sentencing Act” or the “Act”). In October 2011, the district court sentenced him to 262 months’ imprisonment, rejecting his request that he be sentenced under the Act. After the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dorsey v. United States, —U.S.-, 132 S.Ct. 2321, 183…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- United States v. CornerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
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