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Brown v. Crawford

U.S.
May 20, 1991
500 U.S. 933 (1991)

Summary

affirming district court's order that seized property be used to pay off monetary penalties imposed as part of defendant's sentence and concluding that such allocation was for defendant's benefit, rather than depriving him of his property altogether

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Opinion

No. 90-7069.

May 20, 1991.


ORDERS

C.A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 906 F. 2d 667.


Summaries of

Brown v. Crawford

U.S.
May 20, 1991
500 U.S. 933 (1991)

affirming district court's order that seized property be used to pay off monetary penalties imposed as part of defendant's sentence and concluding that such allocation was for defendant's benefit, rather than depriving him of his property altogether

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basing the sentence on the amount of the controlled substance that would have been involved had defendant been successful was the fairest approach

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stating that a causal connection can be established when a history of widespread abuse puts the responsible supervisor on notice of the need to correct the alleged deprivation and he fails to do so; the deprivations that constitute widespread abuse sufficient to notify the supervising official must be obvious, flagrant, rampant, and of continued duration, rather than isolated occurrences

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Case details for

Brown v. Crawford

Case Details

Full title:BROWN, AKA JOHNSON v. CRAWFORD

Court:U.S.

Date published: May 20, 1991

Citations

500 U.S. 933 (1991)

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