Sentencing – Constitutionality

By: Derek Hawkins//November 14, 2016//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Anna F. Novak & John C. Morrison

Case No.: 15-3589; 15-3601

Officials: POSNER, FLAUM, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing – Constitutionality

Defendants-appellants John Morrison and Anna Novak both pled guilty to distributing a controlled substance analog and to tax fraud. The district court accepted their guilty pleas and later sentenced Morrison to forty-eight months of incarceration and Novak to ninety-six months. They now appeal, challenging the constitutionality of the Controlled Substances Analogue Act, 21 U.S.C. § 813 (the Analogue Act), the district court’s acceptance of their guilty pleas, and their sentences. We affirm.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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