U.S. v. BOYD

No. 91-3597.

961 F.2d 434 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America v. Jonathan BOYD and Robert Keith Powell, Jonathan L. Boyd, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. White, Federal Public Defender, Karen Sirianni Gerlach (Argued), Asst. Federal Public Defender, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Paul J. Brysh, Constance M. Bowden (Argued), Asst. U.S. Attys., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before GREENBERG and COWEN, Circuit Judges, and GREEN, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

COWEN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves three issues: 1) were the defendant's due process rights violated when an independent lab destroyed urine samples which indicated his cocaine use; 2) can a higher sentence be imposed when probation is revoked than the sentence which could have been imposed originally; and 3) was the district court required to give notice of an upward departure prior to the resentencing hearing. We reject the...

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