Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Shorter v. United States

516 U.S. 896

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.