Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Little v. United States

Little v. United States, 445 U.S. 946 (1980)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1980-03-24
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • both holding, without citing Sutton, the conspiracy counts do not merge into substantive counts under RICO and consecutive sentences were proper
  • Congress' purposes thwarted unless sentences for RICO charge and predicate offense allowed to run consecutively

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Little v. United States. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Mr. Justice Stewart would grant cer-tiorari.