Legal Opinion
United States v. Scott Allen Noland
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1974No. 73-3786PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
Convicted on two drug counts carrying a maximum penalty of five years each, Scott Allen Noland was given enhanced concurrent sentences of ten years on each count by reason of a prior drug felony conviction. Noland appeals the enhanced portion of his sentence on the sole ground that the United States attorney filed with the District Court an information for enhancement one day after sentencing, rather than prior to trial as required by 21 U.S.C.A. § 851. In this case, apparently the first to be decided under this new enhancement section passed in 1970, we hold that strict…
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