Legal Opinion
United States v. Melvin Robinson, A/K/A Sweets Melvin Robinson
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 12, 1999No. 98-3304PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
On July 24, 1997, a'jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania found the defendant, Melvin Robinson, guilty of conspiring to distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 contrary to 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C). After conducting, a hearing, the district court sentenced Robinson to the mandatory 20-year minimum term required by 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) (“section 841(b)(1)(C)”) when “death or serious bodily injury results from the use of’ the substance the defendant was convicted of distributing.
On appeal, Robinson…
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