U.S. v. COCHRAN

No. 88-8708.

883 F.2d 1012 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Garland Claude COCHRAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Freeman Leverett, Elberton, Ga., Robert B. Thompson, Gainesville, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

Craig A. Gillen, U.S. Atty's. Office, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HILL and COX, Circuit Judges, and SNEED, Senior Circuit Judge.


HILL, Circuit Judge:

If, at the defendant's request, a district judge vacates all of the defendant's concurrent sentences because they are illegal, is the judge obligated to reimpose concurrent terms on resentencing? That is the central question presented in this case, and we answer it in the negative.

In 1983, a jury convicted Garland Claude Cochran of committing four federal narcotics offenses in the Northern District...

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