Legal Opinion
United States v. Brett C. Kimberlin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 13, 1982No. 81-2222PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from the denial of a federal prisoner’s collateral attack on his sentence requires us to consider the current validity and scope of the concurrent sentence doctrine and the power of a judge other than the sentencing judge to entertain a collateral attack on the sentence.
The appellant, Brett Kimberlin, was tried on an indictment charging him with 34 counts of violating various federal criminal statutes. The jury acquitted him on Count 25, convicted him on Counts 26-34, and hung on Counts 1-24. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Counts 26-34. The motion…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Andresen v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Barnes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. William Peters, A/K/A Henry ConradCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Clovis Carl Green, Jr. v. Warden, U.S. PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Timothy Melton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- United States v. Brett C. KimberlinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Gary William HoltCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
- United States v. John Anthony OliverCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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