United States Fifth Circuit

Because the amount of crack the defendant possessed with intent to distribute was a fact that increased the penalty for her crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum, her sentence was unconstitutional under Apprendi.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/26/2001
• Published 03/26/2001

Judges

• DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William F. Travis (argued), Law Offices of William F. Travis, Southaven, MS, for Rodney Thomas.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert Henry Norman (argued), Calvin D. Buchanan, Oxford, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.