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· 3/11/2014

United States v. Ernest McDowell, Jr.

Citations

  • 745 F.3d 115
  • 2014 WL 960256
  • 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 4506

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that “Almendarez-Torres remains good law [even after Alleyne], and we may not disregard it unless and until the Supreme Court holds to the contrary”
  • explaining that the jury right doesn’t attach to the Armed Career Criminal Act, which is an enhancement
  • affording “considerable deference to a district court’s determinations regarding the reliability of information in a PSR”
  • “Almendarez-Torres remains good law, and we may not disregard it unless and until the Supreme Court holds to the contrary.”
  • “The pervasive use of NCIC reports throughout the criminal justice system further indicates that such reports may be trusted.”
  • “[W]e may not disregard [Supreme Court precedent] unless and until the Supreme Court holds to the contrary.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Motz, King, Diaz

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