U.S. v. SPARKS

No. 88-CR-20019-BC.

687 F.Supp. 1145 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Larry Roger SPARKS, Carlena Lawrence, Reginald Lawrence, Anthony Blocker, Eartha Diane Gaines, Bonnie Sparks, Elmer Charles Johnson, Eric Sparks, Diane Blacksher, Joseph Lawrence, Julian Lawrence, Bernard Peoples, Brenda Lawrence, Catrena Lawrence, Alex Taylor, Michael Lawrence, and Steve Lawrence, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, N.D.

June 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Hluchaniuk, Asst. U.S. Atty., Bay City, Mich., for plaintiff.

Robert E. Bourne, Midland, Mich., for Carlena Lawrence.

Jerome E. Burns, Saginaw, Mich., for Reginald Lawrence.

Stevens J. Jacobs, Brady & Jacobs, P.C., Bay City, Mich., for Eartha D. Gaines.

Henry J. Sefcovic, Bay City, Mich., for Elmer C. Johnson.

Joseph Sheeran, Bay City, Mich., for Diane Blacksher.

David G. Myers, Caro, Mich., for Bernard Peoples.

Harry Gill, Bay City, Mich., for Catrena Lawrence.

Thomas Plachta, Mount Pleasant, Mich., for Michael Lawrence.

Robert J. Rhead, Midland, Mich., for Julian Lawrence.

Robert J. Dunn, Bay City, Mich., for Anthony Blocker.

Philip Sturtz, Saginaw, Mich., for Bonnie Sparks.

Benjamin L. Crossley, Saginaw, Mich., for Eric Sparks.

George C. Bush, Saginaw, Mich., for Joseph Lawrence.

Mark A. Kolka, Bay City, Mich., for Brenda Lawrence.

Richard King, Flint, Mich., for Alex Taylor.

Richard L. Lee, Jr., Midland, Mich., for Steve Lawrence.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

CHURCHILL, District Judge.

In this criminal case, three of the 17 defendants1 charged with violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1029 raise constitutional and statutory challenges to the sentencing guidelines promulgated by the United States Sentencing Commission ("Commission") pursuant to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 ("Sentencing Reform Act"), Title II of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, Pub.L. No...

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