Civil Rights
Block on Trump's Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
Defendant's crack cocaine drug sentence for violating 21 U.S.C. section 841(a)(1) is affirmed where: 1) there were no examples of extraordinary inducement or unrelenting pressure placed on Defendant that would indicate sentencing entrapment; and 2) Defendant's complaints about the conditions of his confinement did not rise to a level warranting sentencing relief.
Read the full decision in US v. Turner, No. 08-2413.
Appellate Information:
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.
No. 07 CR 00255 -- Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, Judge.
ARGUED JANUARY 14, 2009
DECIDED JUNE 17, 2009
Judges:
Before CUDAHY, KANNE, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by KANNE, Circuit Judge.
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