Seventh Circuit· 2/29/2000

United States v. Eugene A. Fischer

Citations

205 F.3d 967
2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 2906
2000 WL 228598

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observing in context of continuing criminal enterprise and conspiracy case that the parties and court could not find any case holding \that it was an abuse of discretion for the district court under Rutledge to vacate the lesser-included conspiracy conviction\
“[W]hen a defendant is convicted of an offense and a lesser-included offense, the district court should decide which conviction to vacate.”
“[W]hen a defendant is convicted of an offense and a lesser-included offense, the district court should decide which conviction to vacate.”
\[T]here is no Iron Law that it is the conviction with the lowest penalty that must be vacated.\

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Judges: Cudahy, Coffey, Kanne

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