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DEAN v. U.S.

No. 15-9260.

137 S.Ct. 1170 (2017)

581 U.S. 62

Levon DEAN, Jr., Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 3, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan G. Stoler , Omaha, NE, appointed by this Court, for the petitioner.

Anthony A. Yang , Washington, DC, for respondent.

Jeffrey T. Green , Tobias S. Loss-Eaton , Katherine E. Rumbaugh , Kurt A. Johnson , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, Sarah O'Rourke Schrup , Northwestern Supreme Court Practicum, Chicago, IL, Alan G. Stoler , Jerry M. Hug , Alan G. Stoler, PC, LLO, Omaha, NE, for petitioner.

Ian Heath Gershengorn , Acting Solicitor General, David Bitkower , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Michael R. Dreeben , Deputy Solicitor General, Anthony A. Yang , Assistant to the Solicitor General, David B. Goodhand , Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Congress has made it a separate offense to use or possess a firearm in connection with a violent or drug trafficking crime. 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). That separate firearm offense carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years for the first conviction and 25 years for a second. Those sentences...

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