United States v. Major; United States v. Huff

Docket Number10-10147,10-10148
Decision Date27 March 2012

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  • United States v. Chapman
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit
    • March 10, 2017
    ..., 785 F.3d 832, 846–47 (2nd Cir. 2015) ; United States v. Washington , 714 F.3d 962, 970–71 (6th Cir. 2013) ; United States v. Major , 676 F.3d 803, 814–15 (9th Cir. 2012). In this way, the defendant's aggregate statutory minimum sentence is minimized and the rule of lenity is satisfied. We......
  • Haji-Mohamed v. United States
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Middle District of Tennessee
    • July 27, 2021
    ...matter of first impression in the Sixth Circuit, the court in Washington followed the Ninth Circuit's decision in United States v. Major, 676 F.3d 803, 814-15 (9th Cir. 2012) that "the rule of lenity cautions that such doubt be resolved in [a defendant's] favor."To the extent that Washingto......
  • United States v. Merrell
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit
    • June 10, 2022
    ..."second or subsequent" life penalty requirement in § 924(c)(1) for use of a destructive device did not apply. See United States v. Major , 676 F.3d 803, 814–815 (9th Cir. 2012) (requiring the district court to determine the order in which defendants receive convictions, and when the distric......
  • United States v. Pierce
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Second Circuit
    • May 11, 2015
    ...that arise from the same indictment and proceedings, we are bound by [the principle of lenity].”); see also United States v. Major, 676 F.3d 803, 815 (9th Cir.2012). Here, the district court treated the discharge conviction as the first Section 924(c) conviction (carrying 10 years), and the......
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