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U.S. v. Rios-Quintero, No. 98-51084 (5th Cir.) (204 F.3d 214) (February 10, 2000) (Judge Harold R. Jr. DeMoss)

In this case the Fifth Circuit held that the Supreme Court's decision in Jones v. U.S., 526 U.S. 227 (1999) was "not sufficiently clear or obvious" to warrant changing its precedent that the quantity of drugs is a sentencing element rather than an essential element of the crime. (Id., at ...

 

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