U.S. v. TICKLES, 691 F.3d 592 (2012)
Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Number: infco20120815080
Visitors: 32
Filed: Aug. 14, 2012
Latest Update: Aug. 14, 2012
Summary: PER CURIAM: After our opinion was issued in these consolidated cases, the Supreme Court decided Dorsey v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 2321 , 183 L.Ed.2d 250 (2012). Dorsey held, contrary to our opinion, that the more lenient penalties of the Fair Sentencing Act ("Act") apply to offenders who committed an offense before the Act was passed, but were sentenced after the Act was enacted. We therefore VACATE and REMAND these cases for resentencing consistent with the Court's holding
Summary: PER CURIAM: After our opinion was issued in these consolidated cases, the Supreme Court decided Dorsey v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 2321 , 183 L.Ed.2d 250 (2012). Dorsey held, contrary to our opinion, that the more lenient penalties of the Fair Sentencing Act ("Act") apply to offenders who committed an offense before the Act was passed, but were sentenced after the Act was enacted. We therefore VACATE and REMAND these cases for resentencing consistent with the Court's holding i..
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PER CURIAM:
After our opinion was issued in these consolidated cases, the Supreme Court decided Dorsey v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 2321, 183 L.Ed.2d 250 (2012). Dorsey held, contrary to our opinion, that the more lenient penalties of the Fair Sentencing Act ("Act") apply to offenders who committed an offense before the Act was passed, but were sentenced after the Act was enacted. We therefore VACATE and REMAND these cases for resentencing consistent with the Court's holding in Dorsey.
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