Legal Opinion

In Re: Austen O. Nwanze

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided March 23, 2001No. 00-1459PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter comes on before this court on a petition for a writ of mandamus in the following circumstances. On June 8, 1992, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia sentenced the petitioner, Austen 0. Nwanze, following his conviction at a jury trial, to prison terms of 168 months for various drug offenses and 60 months for each of two firearms violations. The court ordered Nwanze to serve all the sentences concurrently even though one of the two firearms convictions and sentences was for using or…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Bailey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  2. McNally v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. In Re Ocsulis DorsainvilCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
  4. Wilton Chatman-Bey v. Richard Thornburgh, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
  5. Schlanger v. SeamansSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by47 opinions

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  2. In Re: SmithCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2002
  3. United States v. HigdonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
  4. Bridges v. VasquezDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 2001
  5. Adeyeye v. Department of Homeland SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006

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