· 11/7/2005
United States v. Debra Lynn Morris
Citations
- 429 F.3d 65
- 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 23991
- 2005 WL 2950732
How courts have described this case
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- holding that Booker did not apply retroactively in a case in which the defendant’s conviction became final after Apprendi
- holding that Booker “is not available for post-conviction relief for federal prisoners . . . whose convictions became final before Booker . . . was decided”
- holding that Booker is not retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review
- noting that decision about sentencing factors is properly made by judges, not juries
- concluding that does not apply retroactively
- Blakely and Booker were not watershed rules warranting retroactive application.
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Judges: Niemeyer, Shedd, Dever, Eastern
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