Alvarez-Figueroa v. United States

Alvarez-Figueroa v. United States, 517 U.S. 1162 (1996)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: April 22, 1996
Docket: No. 95-8378
Citations: 517 U.S. 1162116 S. Ct. 1558134 L. Ed. 2d 65964 U.S.L.W. 37081996 U.S. LEXIS 2787

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.

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(finding that previous convictions for similar crimes constituted “a clear ground for a heavier sentence”)

United States v. Ewing, 129 F.3d 430 (7th Cir. 1997)
(noting that "passing allusions are not adequate to preserve an argument in either a trial or an appellate venue")

United States v. Boyd, 931 F. Supp. 968 (D.R.I. 1996)

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United States v. Kathleen Kremser Jones107 F.3d 1147 (6th Cir. 1997)
United States v. Rodriguez38 F. App'x 244 (6th Cir. 2002)
United States v. Lynell R. Ewing129 F.3d 430 (7th Cir. 1997)
United States v. Laboy-Delgado84 F.3d 22 (1st Cir. 1996)
United States v. Tyransee A. Harris192 F.3d 580 (6th Cir. 1999)
United States v. David Casillas830 F.3d 403 (6th Cir. 2016)

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United States v. David Casillas830 F.3d 403 (6th Cir. 2016)
United States v. Forty Estremera498 F. Supp. 2d 468 (D.P.R. 2007)
State v. Gillespie638 S.E.2d 481 (N.C. Ct. App. 2006)
Johnson v. United States353 F.3d 1328 (11th Cir. 2003)
Johnson v. United States340 F.3d 1219 (11th Cir. 2003)
United States v. Ervin59 F. App'x 631 (6th Cir. 2003)

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