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· 8/15/1990

United States v. Kelvin E. Wilkins

Citations

  • 911 F.2d 337
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 14010
  • 1990 WL 116877

How courts have described this case

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

  • confirming Congressional intent that sentences for multiple firearms convictions under § 924 be served consecutively
  • “A defendant need not be separately charged or convicted of the underlying offense to be convicted under [§ 924(c)].”
  • “Criminal defendants do not have a constitutional right to individualized sentences, and the legislature may set fixed mandatory and determinate sentences for particular offenses.”

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Judges: Choy, Fletcher, Fitzgerald

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