BELL v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 74-2280, 74-1464.

521 F.2d 713 (1975)

Wilbur BELL, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James Earl SAMPSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 11, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter S. Smith and Michael S. Elder, Baltimore, Md. [court-appointed], and Lawrence Doan and Judith Shub [appearing pursuant to Rule 13] for Wilbur Bell in No. 74-2280.

William McC. Schildt, Asst. U. S. Atty. [Jervis S. Finney, U. S. Atty., D. Md., on brief], for the United States.

Robert W. Mance, III, Columbia, S. C., for James Earl Sampson in No. 74-1464.

Michael A. Pulliam, Asst. U. S. Atty. [John K. Grisso, U. S. Atty., D. S. C., and Eric William Ruschky, Asst. U. S. Atty., on brief], for the United States.

Before WINTER, BUTZNER and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

These appeals raise questions concerning the arraignment of persons subject to the imposition of the special parole term required by the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) and (c).1 We conclude that a district court should not accept a plea of guilty from a defendant charged with violating 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 or 845 without first determining that the...

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