UNITED STATES v. WHEATON

No. 77-1079.

557 F.2d 275 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Frederick R. WHEATON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Lawson, Boston, Mass., with whom Oteri & Weinberg, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

James E. O'Neil, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom James N. Gabriel, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, and DOOLING, District Judge.


DOOLING, District Judge.

Defendant appellant entered a plea of guilty to an indictment that charged him in three counts with possessing cocaine with intent to distribute it, with distributing cocaine, and with conspiracy to commit those two offenses, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846. He was sentenced on January 6, 1977, to two years in prison and to a special parole term of three years. The appeal challenges the severity of the sentence on the...

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