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CHAPMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 90-5744.

500 U.S. 453 (1991)

CHAPMAN ET AL. v. UNITED STATES

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided May 30, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Christopher Kelly, by appointment of the Court, 498 U.S. 1045, argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioners. Donald Thomas Bergerson filed briefs for Stanley Marshall, respondent under this Court's Rule 12.4, urging reversal.

Paul J. Larkin, Jr., argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Starr, Assistant Attorney General Mueller, and Deputy Solicitor General Bryson.*

CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

Section 841(b)(1)(B)(v) of Title 21 of the United States Code calls for a mandatory minimum sentence of five years for the offense of distributing more than one gram of a "mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)." We hold that it is the weight of the blotter paper containing LSD, and not the weight of the pure LSD, which determines eligibility for the minimum...

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