· 12/7/1970
Ortega v. Florida
Citations
- 400 U.S. 944
- 91 S. Ct. 247
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- approving of the district court’s 50% discount but nonetheless vacating its approximation where the government failed to establish continuous drug dealing
- warning that the sentencing court should “err on the side of caution”
- approving of the district court’s halving of the government’s estimate as necessary to give effect to the court’s duty to “err on the side of caution” and as “constitutionally required to prevent excessive sentences”
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