JONES v. U.S.

No. 13-10026.

135 S.Ct. 8 (2014)

190 L.Ed.2d 279

Joseph JONES, Desmond Thurston, and Antwuan Ball v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

October 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Leckar , Counsel of Record, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Donald B. Verrilli Jr. , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Justice SCALIA, with whom Justice THOMAS and Justice GINSBURG join, dissenting from denial of certiorari.


A jury convicted petitioners Joseph Jones, Desmond Thurston, and Antwuan Ball of distributing very small amounts of crack cocaine, and acquitted them of conspiring to distribute drugs. The sentencing judge, however, found that they had engaged in the charged conspiracy and, relying largely on that finding, imposed sentences that petitioners say were many times longer than those the Guidelines would otherwise have recommended.

Petitioners present a strong case...

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