Legal Opinion
United States v. Andrew Kirkpatrick Mearns, Iii, Peter John Thomas, John William Hedley
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 15, 1979No. 79-1044 to 79-1046PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 provides for the imposition of a special parole period in addition to imprisonment for substantive violations of the Act. The conspiracy section, however, lists only fine and imprisonment as punishment, and the district court concluded that it was not permitted to impose a special parole term for that violation. We agree and affirm.
Defendants were indicted on two counts of distribution and one count of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, violations of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a). In…
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- United States v. Robert Scott JacobsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1978
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