1st Circuit Upholds 10-Year Sentence for Distributing Cocaine Base
March 19th, 2010
The 1st Circuit last week upheld a sentence for cocaine distribution, over defense arguments that the mandatory minimum sentence for crack cocaine shouldn’t apply because the jury didn’t find the defendant possessed crack. In the opinion, 1st Circuit Judge Michael Boudin noted that the district court’s instructions and the jury verdict were in line with 1st Circuit precedent, which interprets the term “cocaine base” in the statute to include “all forms of cocaine base, including but not limited to crack cocaine.”
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1st Circuit Upholds 10-Year Sentence for Distributing Cocaine Base