Legal Opinion
United States v. Johnson
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided April 3, 1974No. Crim. A. 2351PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LATCHUM, Chief Judge.
The defendant Donald Johnson (“Johnson”) was convicted by a jury of distributing a controlled substance, heroin. Thereafter on May 23, 1973 the Court sentenced Johnson to a five-year term of imprisonment plus a special parole term of three years mandated by 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A). 1 Now Johnson has filed a motion under Rule 35, F.R. Crim.P., for a modification of his sentence. 2
Johnson urges that the Court did not realize that he was an addict eligible to be sentenced under the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act (“the Act”). His argument is that he was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Heflin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Andrews v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. William Dove WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- George F. Martin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Roy A. Somlyo v. J. Lu-Rob Enterprises, Inc. And Louis G. BondCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Eugene H. PinkneyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Grant v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Hunter v. McGeeSuperior Court of Delaware · 2001
- United States v. Jude Thaddeus MastersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987