Cocaine vs Crack Cocaine Sentences

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT …
Sitting in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued an indictment alleging a cocaine-base ("crack of § 841(b)(1) , which provide a staircase of mandatory minimum and maximum sentences for drug crimes depending on the nature and quantity of the drugs in the case. In the case of crack cocaine … Access This Document

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Highest crack cocaine use. Congress should consider that many persons serving federal crack sentences have received consideration from the prosecutors in return for a guilty plea. … Retrieve Full Source

FOR PUBLICATION
Garland Whaley appeals his convictions and sentences for dealing in cocaine as a time of the trial and that the chemist testified the package contained both crack cocaine … Retrieve Here

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT OF OHIO …
{¶1} Defendant-appellant Crystal Hart appeals her convictions and sentences for trafficking in crack cocaine,1 possession of crack cocaine,2 and possession of powder … Retrieve Document

STATE OF IOWA, vs.
Ellis Lard appeals from the judgment and sentences entered following his guilty pleas to the charges of possession of a controlled substance (crack cocaine) with intent to deliver, and delivery of a controlled substance (crack … Access Doc

STATE OF IOWA, vs. SHAWN DESHAY HOOSMAN, Defendant-Appellant …
Shawn Hoosman appeals following convictions and sentences for possession of more than ten grams of cocaine base with intent to deliver in crack cocaine out of a Waterloo apartment. According to Hoosman, he lived in … Document Retrieval

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT …
Was found guilty of complicity in: trafficking in crack cocaine; possession of APPELLANT TO MORE THAN THE MINIMUM SENTENCE AND CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES. … Read More

Families Against Mandatory Minimums Mandatory Sentencing Was …
crack and powder cocaine residue belonged to the roommate; only a dollar bill with powder cocaine on it grams or more of heroin or cocaine, Michigan still retains mandatory sentences of 10, 20, or more years for low-level … Access This Document

[PUBLIS H] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
Abandoned the 100-to-1 ratio and equated the sentences for powder cocaine and crack cocaine, while leaving in place the different mandatory minimum sentences … Doc Retrieval

“Federal Cocaine Sentencing Laws: Reforming The 100-to-1 …
100-1 Crack vs. Powder Cocaine Disparity. I recognized in 2002 that this ratio that had ratio in the amounts of powder cocaine and crack cocaine that trigger mandatory minimum sentences. … Retrieve Document

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT …
Time whether the legislation, if passed, will apply to all sentences for crack cocaine offenses, or only to sentences that take place after a certain date. … Fetch This Document

PowerPoint Presentation
Symbols Example: March 2002 report analyzing crack cocaine and powder cocaine penalties June 2, 2008 Stat 111 – Lecture 4 – Graphs * Sentences for Crack versus Cocaine Critics claimed that sentences given for trafficking powder cocaine are much lighter than the sentences given for crack cocaine … Fetch Content

Updated Report On Drug Offender Sentencing Issues
Statutory changes in 1986 and 1987 resulted in presumptive prison sentences for offenders with no criminal history for sale of relatively small amounts of drugs. The law set special threshold levels for crack cocaine, with smaller amounts of crack required to trigger the most severe … Get Doc

Application For Rehearing May Be Filed No. 4 2,835-KA
Montie Montgomery was convicted of possession of cocaine in excess of 28 grams and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. He received concurrent sentences of 28 years at hard labor on the possession grams of crack cocaine and entered into an agreement with Adams for the … Access Content

Gender & Criminal Justice
Defendants convicted of selling 500 grams of powder cocaine or five grams of crack cocaine receive five-year sentences. For five kilos of powder cocaine and 50 grams of crack, the penalty is 10 years. … View This Document

TULIA, TEXAS
The disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine sentences provides a particularly revealing example. Crack cocaine was once thought to be more dangerous than powder … Read Full Source

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
Or more of cocaine base ("crack") ; Count Two, distribution of five or more grams 1 of crack; Count Three, distribution of fifth grams or more of crack—and the 2 3 district court sentenced him to concurrent prison sentences of 120 months, the minimum prison terms allowed by law. … Retrieve Doc

United States Court Of Appeals
Guidelines that give crack cocaine offenders significantly higher prison sentences than powder cocaine offenders, that the court abus ed its discretion by failing to give weight … Content Retrieval