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Spears Vs. United States

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 21, 2009

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  1. United States Vs. Perry US Supreme Court · Nov 07, 1892
  2. United States Vs. Booker US Supreme Court · Jan 12, 2005
  3. Spears v. United
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  4. States - 08-5721 (2009) Spears v. United
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  5. States - 08-5721 (2009) Per Curiam Spears V. United
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  6. Supreme Court of the United States Steven Spears V. United
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  7. a). Relying in part on decisions from other District Courts, see United States v. Perry
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  8. United States v. Smith
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  9. The District Court sentenced Spears to 240 months in prison, the statutory mandatory minimum. See United States v. Spears
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  10. This Court vacated the judgment of the Eighth Circuit, and remanded for further consideration in light of Kimbrough v. United
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  11. based solely on its view that the 100-to-1 ratio embodied in the sentencing guidelines for the treatment of crack cocaine v. powder
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  12. quoting Rita v. United
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  13. sentence in a particular case. The latter proposition was already established pre- Kimbrough , see United States v. Booker
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  14. at 717. The Eighth Circuit has since read its own opinion to mean what it says, see United States v. Judon
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  15. s course, see United States v. Russell
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  16. United States v. Gunter
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  17. and remanded, in light of Kimbrough, the prior First Circuit judgment which had established that course. See Pho v. United
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  18. Commission has since reduced the crack-to-powder ratio. See USSG, Supp. App. C, Amdt. 706 (Nov. 2007). Spears v. United
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  19. States - 08-5721 (2009) Roberts, C. J., Dissenting Spears V. United
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  20. s decision was contrary to our decision last Term in Kimbrough v. United
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  21. s interpretation of this language. See United States v. Russell
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  22. Per Curiam Spears V. United
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  23. See United States v. Spears
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  24. of Kimbrough v. United
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  25. Rita v. United
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  26. United States v. Judon
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  27. United States v. Russell
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  28. See Pho v. United
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  29. Roberts, C. J., Dissenting Spears V. United
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  30. Kimbrough v. United
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  31. See United States v. Russell
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