United States v. Ellis

*497OPINION OF THE COURT

Duncan, Judge:

The appellant was convicted, upon his plea of guilty, of two specifications alleging a violation of 21 USC § 841(a)(1) in that he distributed and possessed with intent to distribute, a controlled substance, to wit: LSD. We granted review to determine whether the plea was improvidently made.

21 USC § 841(a)(1) provides in part:

[I]t shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally ... to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled substance.

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