Legal Opinion
United States v. Taylor
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 13, 1954PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
The issue presented by this motion to reduce a sentence is whether the Boggs Act,1 amending the penalty provisions of the narcotics laws, is retrospective or prospective as to first offenders.
The defendant was convicted upon a two-count indictment charging (1) conspiracy to violate the narcotics laws and (2) the sale of narcotics in violation of Sections 173 and 174 of Title 21 U.S.C.A. The offenses were committed from January 1951 to March 1951; the trial was had in February 1952, and in March 1952, the defendant was sentenced as a first offender to a term of five…
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