United States Third Circuit

The gross weight of the illicit drugs, rather than the net weight of the controlled substance in the drugs, is the appropriate weight for sentencing purposes under Application Note A to the Drug Quantity Table, and Amendment 517 does not apply to Schedule II opiates.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/29/2001
• Published 06/29/2001

Judges

• Before:  BARRY, AMBRO and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark W. Catanzaro, Moorestown, NJ, Attorney for Appellant, Joseph Butch.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert J. Cleary, United States Attorney, George S. Leone, Chief, Appeals Division, Newark, NJ, Norman J. Gross, Assistant United States Attorney, Camden Federal Building and United States Courthouse, Camden, NJ, Attorneys for Appellee, United States of America.