Legal Opinion
United States v. Mitchell Rothberg
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 8, 1973No. 851, Docket 73-1310PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Rothberg, indicted for transporting, concealing and facilitating the transportation and concealment of illegally imported “hashish, a derivative of marihuana,” in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 176a, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, John R. Bartels, Judge, offered to prove that the substance imported from Afghanistan was not Cannabis Sativa L., the definition of marihuana set forth in the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 4761 and incorporated in 21 U.S.C. § 176a but Cannabis Indica Lam., a separate species. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Moor v. County of AlamedaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. John Christopher DoyleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- United States v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United States v. RothbergDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1972
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3Cited by51 opinions
- United States v. Martin F. BurkeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Geoffrey HonneusCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
- United States v. William Michael Faruolo and Anthony BernardezCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Carl O. LudwigCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Robert SifuentesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
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