U.S. v. LEE

No. 91-3194.

957 F.2d 778 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rodney K. LEE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nina Goodman (Lee Thompson, U.S. Atty., Kim M. Fowler, Asst. U.S. Atty., D. Kansas with her on the briefs), Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Cyd Gilman, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Wichita, Kan., for defendant-appellee.

Before BALDOCK and BARRETT, Circuit Judges, and DAUGHERTY, District Judge.


BARRETT, Senior Circuit Judge.

In this appeal by the United States, we must decide whether the district court erred in concluding that defendant-appellee Rodney K. Lee (Lee), indicted and convicted under 21 U.S.C. § 846 (attempt to possess with intent to distribute marijuana), was not subject to the mandatory minimum five year sentencing provision of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B)(vii) on constitutional equal protection grounds.

That statute provides that...

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