Legal Opinion
United States v. Edward James Clary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 20, 1994No. 94-1422PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals from the sentence imposed upon Edward James Clary for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(l)(A)(iii). Clary entered a guilty plea to the charge which called for a ten-year mandatory minimum sentence. After conducting a four-day hearing, the district court sentenced Clary to four years. The court held that the 100 to 1 ratio for crack cocaine to powder cocaine was disproportionate and in violation of the Equal Protection Clause both generally and as applied, and that the selective…
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