Legal Opinion
United States v. Samas
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 24, 2009No. Docket 05-5213-crPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM 1 :
Rocky Samas appeals from a judgment of conviction entered by the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Hall, J.) on September 29, 2005. He argues principally that (1) the mandatory sentencing scheme in 21 U.S.C. § 841(b) violates the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause because there is no rational basis for the disparity between sentences for powder and crack cocaine and (2) that the introductory language in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) conflicts with the mandatory sentencing provisions set forth in § 841(b). For the following…
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