Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert A. Rose
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 1, 1989No. 88-3017PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Robert Rose was convicted of distributing “1 gram or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).” 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(l)(B)(v). The minimum sentence for the violation of this provision is five years in prison without possibility of parole, see § 841(b)(1)(B); the judge sentenced Rose to this term and tacked on four years of supervised release. Rose challenges the constitutionality of the provision under which he was sentenced. He emphasizes that the net weight of LSD in the 472 dosage units that he sold the…
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