Legal Opinion
United States v. Rufus Holland
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 6, 1987No. 86-3027PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARSONS, Senior District Judge:
Rufus Holland was indicted and convicted under 21 U.S.C. sec. 845a of six counts of selling a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school. On appeal he challenges the constitutionality of that statute. We hold that the statute as applied to Holland is constitutional and affirm his conviction and sentence.
The facts that led to Holland’s conviction are not disputed on appeal. On six separate occasions between March and June of 1985, he sold the narcotic dilaudid to an undercover police officer. Dilaudid is a Schedule II morphine-based drug, see 15 C.F.R.…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by104 opinions
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