U.S. v. James, No. 95-3135 (3rd Cir.) (78 F.3d 851) (March 4, 1996) (Judge Max Rosenn)
Loaded on April 1, 1996
published in Punch and Jurists
April 22, 1996
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Crack v. Powdered Cocaine.
This case presents a creative and novel method of getting around the enhanced penalty provisions that apply in drug cases involving "crack", compared to cocaine. The defendant pled guilty to selling 57 grams of "cocaine base" and he was sentenced to 108 months imprisonment. He argued that when the Sentencing ...
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