PER CURIAM.
This case comes before us on the government's petition for a writ of mandamus directed to respondent district judge.
In a criminal case before respondent judge, two defendants were convicted by a jury of engaging in a conspiracy to sell heroin from March 1969 to July 1969 in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174. The statute provides for a mandatory minimum 5-year prison term.
Effective May 1, 1971, § 174 was repealed by § 1101(a...
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