· 2/14/2001
United States v. Samuel O. White, Luis Noel Cruz, AKA Danny Cruz
Citations
- 240 F.3d 127
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding, in federal criminal case, that consecutive \sentences are prohibited only if Congress did not intend separate punishments\
- remanding for resentencing where it was ambiguous whether the district court understood it had discretion to impose concurrent sentences
- “[T]he district court did not exceed the maximum for any individual count. It cannot therefore be said that, as to any individual count, the court’s findings resulted in the imposition of a greater punishment than was authorized by the jury’s verdict.”
- applying harmless error review to Apprendi claim
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Judges: Sack, Sotomayor, Katzmann
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