Legal Opinion
United States v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 22, 2007No. 06-2508PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted defendant-appellant Gary Brown of possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute. On appeal, the defendant challenges his conviction on two grounds, one relating to the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress and the other relating to the exclusion of certain evidence at trial. He also challenges his mandatory minimum life sentence, raising an apparent issue of first impression as to whether, for purposes of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1), “attempt” offenses are considered “felony drug offenses” (and, therefore, may count as predicate…
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