Legal Opinion

United States v. Trotter

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided July 12, 2018No. 15-CR-382PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Jack B. Weinstein, Senior United States District Judge

Table of Contents

I. Introduction...339

A. Supervised Release...339

B. Marijuana and Supervised Release...340

C. Defendant Tyran Trotter...341

II. Facts...341

A. Background...341

B. Underlying Charge...342

C. Sentence...342

D. Violation Charge...342

E. Marijuana Legalization...342

F. New York State and City Marijuana Decriminalization...343

G. Racial Disparities in Marijuana Enforcement...344

III. Law...344

A. Supervised Release: Origin and Purpose...344

1. Origin of Federal Supervised Release...344

2. Rehabilitative Purpose of Supervised Release...345

B.…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Gonzales v. RaichSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  2. United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. United States v. GrandersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  4. United States v. Gregory SofskyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
  5. United States v. Brandon Michael LifshitzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004

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3Cited by6 opinions

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