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United States v. Benish

District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Decided February 26, 1975No. Crim. 73-280PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DUMBAULD, District Judge.

Defendants, following a non-jury trial, were convicted of the charges contained in Count 2 of the Indictment (but acquitted under Count 1, relating to transactions on a different date). Count 2 charged violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) on or about August 1, 1973, in that defendants distributed 9,886 capsules of “Phendimetrazine, a Schedule III controlled substance.” Motions in arrest of judgment, or for new trial, are pending.

The so-called “Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970” established five classes of “controlled substances.”…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Olmstead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  3. Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Turner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. Tot v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. United States v. Ray RoyaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
  2. United States v. Irving Davis, M. D.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
  3. United States v. William S. Polan, George H. Wehner, Sr., William S. PolanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
  4. United States v. VerdiUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1978
  5. United States v. James P. WisniewskiCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984

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