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   Federal Courts - 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals - November 1, 2007

  
United States v. Smith, No. 05-3973-cr, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT, November 1, 2007, Decided
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Overview: There was no merit to defendant's claim that district court imposed a procedurally unreasonable sentence when, per USSG § 2D1.1, it converted $ 4,500 in cash seized from defendant's bedroom wastepaper basket to an equivalent drug amount of 45 grams of cocaine base. Cocaine amount included seized cocaine base and 45 grams converted from currency.

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United States v. Zavala, Nos. 05-7001-cr (L), 06-3228-cr (Con), UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT, November 1, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Sentences imposed on defendants, a husband and wife, who pleaded guilty to several offenses based on an alien smuggling scheme, were erroneously enhanced under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines § 3B1.1(a) and (c) based on their roles in the offenses because these two subsections were mutually exclusive as to any particular offense.

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Walker v. City of Waterbury, 06-2011-cv, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT, November 1, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Board that was created to superintend and manage a city in its fiscal crisis was entitled to sovereign immunity under Eleventh Amendment as an arm of the State because the majority of the board's members were accountable to the statewide electorate and a money judgment against the board would have risked exposing the State's treasury to liability.

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