For reprint rights or to purchase a copy of your Daily Journal photo, email jeremy@reprintpros.com for prices or call 949-702-5390.

To buy more copies, call 866-531-1492 or email subscribe@dailyjournal.com
This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Front Page

Aug. 21, 2002

Court Endorses Estimates for Drug Amounts

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court has approved of federal prosecutors' authority to greatly increase a drug dealer's prison sentence by using estimates of the amount of drugs passing through the dealer's hands during a given period.

By Pamela A. MacLean
Nevada Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court has approved of federal prosecutors' authority to greatly increase a drug dealer's prison sentence by using estimates of the amount of drugs passing through the dealer's hands during a given period.
        For the first time, the 9th U.S. Circui...

To continue reading, please subscribe.

Already a subscriber?

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Related Content

Environmental & Energy, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

9th Circuit: EPA has 90 days to consider pesticide scientists say causes brain damage

Apr. 22, 2019
By Nicolas Sonnenburg


By using our website, you agree to our use of cookies in accordance with our cookie policy. You can learn more about how we use cookies by reviewing our Privacy Policy here.