Legal Opinion
United States v. Dion R. Hamlin, United States of America v. Dion R. Hamlin
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 11, 2003No. 02-4252, 02-4264PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part, vacated in part, reversed in part, and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge HERLONG joined.
OPINION
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
The Government appeals from the district court’s dismissal of Dion Hamlin’s conviction under 18 U.S.C.A. § 924(c) (West 2000) for lack of a felony predicate drug offense. The Government argues that the district court erred in holding that the statutory maximum sentence for offenses involving an indeterminate amount of marijuana is one year, based on 21 "U.S.C.A. § 841(b)(4)…
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