Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Little v. United States

445 U.S. 946

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.

Cited by
22 opinions

C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Mr. Justice Stewart would grant cer-tiorari.