BRADLEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 71-1304.

410 U.S. 605 (1973)

BRADLEY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 5, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Homans, Jr., argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioners.

Deputy Solicitor General Lacovara argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Petersen, Harriet S. Shapiro, and Jerome M. Feit.*


MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case we must decide whether a District Judge may impose a sentence of less than five years, suspend the sentence, place the offender on probation, or specify that he be eligible for parole, where the offender was convicted of a federal narcotics offense that was committed before May 1, 1971, but where he was sentenced after that date. Petitioners were convicted of conspiring to violate 26 U. S. C. &...

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