Legal Opinion
United States v. Salmiento
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided September 26, 1995No. Crim. 95-85(DRD)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
DOMINGUEZ, District Judge.
Codefendants Ramón Zorrilla, Miguel Cal-derón-Salmiento and Fernando Montilla-Rivera, challenge the constitutionality of Ti- tie 21 U.S.C. § 860 commonly referred to as the Drug Free School Zones Act of 1984. The statute establishes a crime for an individual to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance within one thousand feet of a school zone. Codefendants Ramón Zor-rilla and Miguel Calderón-Salmiento plead guilty, subject to constitutional challenge, to Count Four of the indictment of aiding and abetting each other of possession with…
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- Perez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. Lesester D. McDougherty AKA Lester JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Amado Lopez and Thomas LlerenaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Russell W. White v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- United States v. ZorrillaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Doe v. DoeDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1996
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