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UNITED STATES v. GONZALES

No. 95-1605.

520 U.S. 1 (1997)

UNITED STATES v. GONZALES et al.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided March 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miguel A. Estrada argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Acting Solicitor General Dellinger, Acting Assistant Attorney General Keeney, and Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben.

Edward Bustamante, by appointment of the Court, 519 U.S. 804, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Angela Arellanes, by appointment of the Court, 519 U.S. 804, Roberto Albertorio, by appointment of the Court, 519 U.S. 962, and Carter G. Phillips.*

O'Connor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, J., joined, p. 12. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens, J., joined, p. 14.

Justice O'Connor, delivered the opinion of the Court.

We are asked to decide whether a federal court may direct that a prison sentence under 18 U. S. C. § 924(c) run concurrently with a state-imposed sentence, even though § 924(c) provides that a sentence imposed under that statute "shall [not] . . . run concurrently with any other term of imprisonment." We hold that it may not.

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