Legal Opinion
United States v. Lorenzo Dorsey, AKA Lamont White, AKA Henry Jackson
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 29, 1999No. 98-5250PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CALDWELL, District Judge.
Lorenzo Dorsey appeals from the district court’s refusal at sentencing to follow commentary to U.S.S.G. § 5G1.3(b) in application note 2 to the guideline. Under that note, the court could have reduced Dorsey’s federal sentence by a certain amount of time he had spent in state custody, thereby essentially giving him credit for that period of imprisonment before the federal sentence was imposed. Dorsey also asserts that the district court’s action violates the double jeopardy clause because by refusing him credit the United States would be punishing…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Stinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- United States v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Witte v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Tony Willis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. William McGeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by24 opinions
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