U.S. v. Ortiz, No. 00-2297 (8th Cir.) (236 F.3d 420) (January 3, 2001) (Judge Morris Sheppard Arnold)
In this case, relying on Apprendi, the defendant argued that the trial court erred when it declined to submit the question of drug quantity to the jury. He urged that, because the maximum penalty for an offense under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) increases according to drug quantity, the trial court ...
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