United States Ninth Circuit

Basketball courts, softball fields, and skating rinks are "apparatus intended for the recreation of children" under 21 U.S.C. section 860(e)(1), thus the area in which defendant sold drugs was a "playground" and his sentence was properly enhanced.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/06/2003
• Decided 05/27/2003
• Published 05/27/2003

Judges

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

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Georgia K. McMillen,Law Office of Georgia K. McMillen, Wailuku Maui, HI, for the defendant-appellant., Edward Kubo, Jr., United States Attorney, Craig H. Nakamura, Assistant United States Attorney, District of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, for the plaintiff-appellee.