Justice Breyer, with whom Justice Stevens joins, dissenting. I believe that Justice Stevens is right. Section 924(c) concerns federal, not state, sentences. Hence Congress intended the words “other term of imprisonment” to refer to other federal, not other state, “terms.” With respect to undischarged state sentences, therefore, 18 U. S. C. § 924 (c) is…
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