Argument preview: Court to construe “except†clause of Section 924(c)
on Oct 1, 2010 at 11:56 am
On Monday, in Abbott v. United States and Gould v. United States, the Court will consider whether two defendants were improperly sentenced to consecutive five-year prison terms under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) when they were subject to a greater minimum sentence on a different count of conviction. Professor Brooks Holland of Gonzaga University School of Law previews the case for the American Bar Association’s PREVIEW of U.S. Supreme Court Cases; the ABA has generously agreed to share some of its previews – which are authored by practitioners and scholars in the field – with SCOTUSblog. You can read Professor Holland’s preview here; PREVIEW’s website is here.
