Legal Opinion
United States v. Eugene H. Pinkney
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 29, 1976No. 74-1846PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
Convicted by a jury on two counts of unlawfully distributing heroin, 1 and sentenced to imprisonment for concurrent terms of three to nine years, 2 appellant makes two contentions on appeal. One is that the District Court erred in refusing to sentence him under the provisions of the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act of 1966. 3 The other is that he was not given effective assistance by counsel representing him when the sentences were imposed. 4 We affirm.
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After return of the jury’s verdicts, the District Court received from its probation service a…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Mempa v. RhaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Moore v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United States v. Willie Decoster, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Mesarosh v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by46 opinions
- United States v. HaldemanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Willie Decoster, Jr., (Decoster Iii)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Daniel P. Taglia and Robert J. McDonnellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Jonathan E. Smith, A/K/A John SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
- United States v. Sean M. FennellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
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