Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Burnley v. United States
510 U.S. 1166
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1994-02-28
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding that “in the absence of new guidance from Congress” the amendment’s narrow definition of cocaine base applies only to the guidelines and does not affect the broad definition applicable to the mandatory minimum statute
- Ohio attempted burglary requires actual or likely presence in burglarized structure; risk of confrontation high
- Guidelines amendment applies only to the Guidelines and does not affect mandatory minimum sentence
- due process and equal protection challenge
Citator
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- Cited by
- 37 opinions
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied.