Legal Opinion
Silano v. United States
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 15, 1985No. CV 84-4906PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEXLER, District Judge.
In 1982, petitioner Nicholas Silano was tried and convicted of conspiracy to import marijuana, importation of marijuana and possession with intent to distribute. 21 U.S.C. §§ 963, 952 and 841. 1 He was sentenced to three concurrent four-year terms of incarceration, a fine of $5,000.00, and two concurrent special parole terms of five years. His co-defendant, Joseph Frank, was also convicted after trial, but his sentence of three concurrent four-year terms of imprisonment was suspended to three months imprisonment and three years of special parole.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Coppedge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. AddonizioSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Wainwright v. TornaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Steven A. Shraiar v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by8 opinions
- United States v. Malcolm Jones WhitebirdCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- State v. PierceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1990
- SER State of West Virginia v. Hon. David J. Sims, JudgeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2017
- Burke v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2007
- United States v. Nevarez-DiazDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1986
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