Legal Opinion
United States v. Maiden
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided February 27, 1973No. Crim. H-315PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON MOTION TO DISMISS
NEWMAN, District Judge.
This motion to dismiss an indictment raises a host of broad constitutional challenges to the criminalization of marijuana. Defendants are charged in a three-count indictment with three offenses relating to marijuana. Count one charges they “knowingly and intentionally possessed, with intent to distribute and dispense” 500 pounds of marijuana; count two charges they “knowingly and intentionally distributed and dispensed” 180 pounds of marijuana; and count three charges they conspired to commit the substantive offenses, 21 U.S.C.…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. WilliamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Eisenstadt v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Ravin v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
- Seeley v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1997
- United States v. Gregory Richard FogartyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) v. BellDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1980
- State v. VailSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
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