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.




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