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Criminal

Aug. 21, 2002

Panel Allows Trial Judges to EstimateDrugs For Sentences

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

By Pamela A. MacLean
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court Monday approved federal prosecutors' ability to increase a drug dealer's prison sentence by using estimates of the amount of drugs passing through the dealer's hands in a given period.
        For the first time, ...

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