Legal Opinion
United States v. Steven Anthony Garcia AKA Karlton Morgan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 7, 1989No. 87-6089PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Chief Judge:
Steven Garcia, a federal prisoner, appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his special parole term. He does not in this proceeding challenge his custodial sentence of 15 years. Garcia contends his special parole term was illegal because (1) the district court failed to specify the count to which the special parole term attached; (2) the special parole term was invalidated by amendment to 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A); and (3) the special parole term of 25 years was unauthorized by law. We affirm.
Garcia was properly sentenced to a special parole term under…
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- United States v. Donald BienvenueCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Patrick Harley KenyonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
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