Legal Opinion
Marshall v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 9, 1974No. 72-5881PublishedCited by 284 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari to consider petitioner’s claim that the provisions of Title II of the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act of 1966, 18 U. S. C. §§ 4251-4255, deny due process and equal protection by excluding from discretionary rehabilitative commitment, in lieu of penal incarceration, addicts with two or more prior felony convictions. The Circuits are in apparent conflict on this question. See the opinion of the Court of Appeals in this case, sub nom. Marshall v. Parker, 470 F. 2d 34 (CA9), and Watson v. United States, 141 U. S. App. D. C. 335, 439 F. 2d 442 (1970); United States v.…
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