Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael P. Madkour
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 11, 1991No. 575, Docket 90-1397PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:
Michael P. Madkour appeals his sentence following his guilty plea to knowingly and intentionally manufacturing and possessing with intent to manufacture marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Madkour was sentenced for possessing in excess of 100 marijuana plants, an amount that triggers a five-year minimum sentence under the section’s penalty provision, § 841(b)(l)(B)(vii). This statutory minimum is one of a number of minimum sentences imposed by congress as part of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act. Had this statutory minimum not…
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