Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Shorter v. United States

Shorter v. United States, 516 U.S. 896 (1995)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1995-10-02
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • “[B]ecause [defendant] was the hub of the distribution network, harm from the lack of a multiple conspiracy instruction would be negligible at best.”
  • the guidelines in effect on the date of sentencing apply except when to do so results in a harsher sentence
  • argument not raised in brief is deemed waived

Citator

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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.