United States v. Dankert

This is an appeal from a part of the sentence imposed as a result of a plea of guilty to a charge of conspiring, in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 963, to import cocaine, a Schedule II narcotic controlled substance, into the United States, a vio*191lation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 952(a). The complaint is to that part of the sentence imposing a special parole term of three years following release from incarceration.

It is conceded that a special parole term following incarceration is mandatory under 21 U.S.C.A. § 960(b)(1), upon conviction of a substantive violation of § 952(a)(1). The argument is that the…