Legal Opinion
United States v. Orejuela, Julio
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 11, 1981No. 79-1535PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
This appeal presents two distinct legal issues. First, is a federal district court, confronted with a convicted federal offender’s 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion, obligated to consider the merits of constitutional challenges identical to those previously presented to the sentencing court and reviewed on direct appeal? Second, does § 406 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, 21 U.S.C. § 846, authorize a federal district court to impose a sentence, including a term of special parole, upon a defendant convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to…
3Cases cited11 opinions
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- Kaufman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Bobby Lee Moore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Anthony M. NatelliCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Robert S. Egger v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
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4Cited by32 opinions
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- United States v. Billy G. ByersCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Anthony Scherer, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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