United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volum 520United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1999 |
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... Congress did not add any language limiting the breadth of that word , and so we must read §924 ( c ) as referring to all " term [ s ] of imprisonment , " including those imposed by state courts . Cf. United States v . Alvarez- Sanchez ...
... Congress did not add any language limiting the breadth of that word , and so we must read §924 ( c ) as referring to all " term [ s ] of imprisonment , " including those imposed by state courts . Cf. United States v . Alvarez- Sanchez ...
Side 6
... Congress ' choice of words . Because consecutive and concurrent sen- tences are exact opposites , Congress implicitly required one when it prohibited the other . This " ambiguity " is , in any event , beside the point because this ...
... Congress ' choice of words . Because consecutive and concurrent sen- tences are exact opposites , Congress implicitly required one when it prohibited the other . This " ambiguity " is , in any event , beside the point because this ...
Side 9
... Congress cannot impose two consecutive federal § 924 ( c ) sentences , the dissent argues , it is unlikely that Congress would have wanted to stack a § 924 ( c ) sentence onto a prison term under a virtually identical state firearms ...
... Congress cannot impose two consecutive federal § 924 ( c ) sentences , the dissent argues , it is unlikely that Congress would have wanted to stack a § 924 ( c ) sentence onto a prison term under a virtually identical state firearms ...
Side 10
... Congress amended § 924 ( c ) so that its sentencing en- hancement would apply regardless of whether the underly- ing felony statute " provides for an enhanced punishment if committed by the use of a deadly or dangerous weapon or device ...
... Congress amended § 924 ( c ) so that its sentencing en- hancement would apply regardless of whether the underly- ing felony statute " provides for an enhanced punishment if committed by the use of a deadly or dangerous weapon or device ...
Side 13
... Congress intended the latter interpretation . First , it borders on the irrational to assume that Congress would actually intend the severity of the defendant's punishment in a case of this kind to turn on the happenstance of whether ...
... Congress intended the latter interpretation . First , it borders on the irrational to assume that Congress would actually intend the severity of the defendant's punishment in a case of this kind to turn on the happenstance of whether ...
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