United States Ninth Circuit

In sentencing after conviction for possession with intent to distribute, district court erred in determining that omission of the phrase "detectable amount" in section 841(b)(1)(a)(iii), meant that the verdict did not support sentencing under section 841(b)(1)(A).

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/13/2002
• Decided 06/04/2002
• Published 06/04/2002

Judges

• T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge., Before BRUNETTI, LEAVY, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John P. Balazs, Sacramento, CA, for the defendant-appellant., W. Douglas Sprague, Assistant United States Attorney, Sacramento, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.