United States v. Robert Bernadin

Appellant Bernadin was convicted of possession of and conspiracy to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 846, and was sentenced under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B). Appellant’s offense was committed and he was arrested on August 7, 1987, after the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 (ADAA) was signed into law on October 27, 1986, but before November 1, 1987, the effective date of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. Appellant now challenges his corrected sentence as improperly imposing a term of special parole in lieu of the term of supervised release which the…