Minimum Sentence Possession Crack Cocaine

TO: Criminal Justice Section
It would remove statutory references to crack cocaine and repeal the current five-year mandatory minimum sentence for simple possession of the drug. … Doc Retrieval

United States Court Of Appeals
Violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and possession of crack cocaine with the intent mandatory minimum sentence of 180 months’ imprisonment. Strayhorn appeals, … Visit Document

Know Your Rights: Criminal Law
The minimum sentence is 5 years, which first-time offenders can receive for as little as 5 grams of crack cocaine, 10 grams of charged and convicted of possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine. A Haitian immigrant, Denise will be deported when she completes her sentence. … Get Doc

ACE AND LASS ENALTIES IN RACK OCAINE ENTENCING
• Increase crack weight minimums: – For the five-year mandatory sentence from 5 to 25 grams (a 20:1 ratio) – For the ten-year mandatory sentence from 50 to 250 grams (a 20:1 ratio) • Repeal the mandatory minimum for simple possession of crack cocaine … Retrieve Doc

FILED U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT MAY 19, 2010 …
possession of 50 grams of crack cocaine is a violation of § 841(a) and (b)(1)(A)(iii). mandatory minimum sentence on the grounds that the 100-to-1 disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine violated his due process and equal protection … Visit Document

Mandatory Minimum Sentences In General
It prescribes crack as the only drug that triggers a mandatory minimum sentence for mere possession. The overwhelming majority of crack defendants are African-American, while the overwhelming majority of powder cocaine defendants are white or Hispanic. … Retrieve Content

State V. Hall
The state nolled the charges for possession of cocaine and possession of criminal tools. In addition, the state agreed to a mandatory minimum three-year sentence for possession of crack cocaine and that the sentence would run concurrently with the sentence for theft by … Get Document

PRECEDENTIAL FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT No. 05-2952 UNITED STATES …
possession of crack with the intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school (in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 860(a mandatory minimum sentence to a level between 125 and 375 grams, and for crack cocaine, that Congress increase the current … Doc Viewer

PRECEDENTIAL
Powder cocaine.” 2007 Report at 8. In addition, the report urged Congress to repeal the mandatory minimum sentence for simple possession of crack under 21 U.S.C. § 844. … Read Full Source

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT …
In eliminating the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine the court is still empowered to impose a sentence that “fully accounts for violence, chronic offenders, weapon possession and other This case involves a statutory mandatory minimum sentence of 60 months, which is … Doc Viewer

The Crack Controversy – A Rapid Panic Was Sweeping The …
sentence offenders would need to be apprehended and found in possession of 500 grams or more of powder cocaine or simply 5 grams of crack cocaine. The ten-year mandatory minimum sentence was applied for possessing 5,000 or more grams of … Retrieve Document

HB 610 Department Of Legislative Services Maryland General …
Distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine to enhanced penalties of a maximum fine of $100,000 and a mandatory minimum sentence of five crack gets a mandatory five-year sentence, while someone would have to be in possession of 500 grams of powdered cocaine to trigger the mandatory prison time. … Retrieve Full Source

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA UNITED STATES OF …
Subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years because he was previously convicted of a felony controlled substance violation under 35 Pa. C.S.A. § 780-113(30) in Pennsylvania for possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine. … Document Retrieval

The Many (Opaque) Echoes Of Compromise Crack Sentencing Reform
crack cocaine needed to trigger a five-year mandatory minimum prison sentence and raised from 50 grams to 280 grams the amount needed to trigger a ten-year minimum sentence. The bill also elimi-nated a mandatory minimum sentencing term for simple possession of crack and ordered the U.S. … Document Viewer

David Levenson
There is a large disparity in the mandatory minimum criminal sentencing for the trafficking and possession of crack cocaine and powder in 2002 the commission recommended increasing the amount of crack triggering a five-year mandatory minimum sentence from 5 grams to at … Retrieve Content

D.C. Docket No. 2:07-cr-14081-KMM-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA …
Charles Levern Hudson appeals his 240-month, mandatory-minimum sentence for (1) possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine reasonableness of his mandatory-minimum sentence, citing specifically the 100:1 sentencing disparity between crack– and powder-cocaine offenses. … Read Here

February 26, 2008 – E- MAIL: WASHINGTONBUREAU@NAA CPNET.ORG …
I am here today because the federal mandatory minimum sentence for crack cocaine is an unfair, immoral and racially discriminatory. to briefly address the recent statements by Attorney General Michael Mukasey regarding people currently in prison for crack cocaine possession … Get Document

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT …
Inasmuch as there is a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years for the crack cocaine, the sentence would still have to be 5 years, with 5 years to run consecutively for the 18 U.S.C. 924(c) count. The felon in possession of a gun count does not … Get Doc