NEAL v. UNITED STATES

No. 94-9088.

516 U.S. 284 (1996)

NEAL v. UNITED STATES

United States Supreme Court.

Decided January 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Thomas Bergerson, by appointment of the Court, post, p. 963, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Michael J. Costello.

Paul R. Q. Wolfson argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Days, Acting Assistant Attorney General Keeney, and Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben.*

Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.


Justice Kennedy, delivered the opinion of the Court.

The policy of sentencing drug offenders based on the amount of drugs involved, straightforward enough in its simplest formulation, gives rise to complexities, requiring us again to address the methods for calculating the weight of LSD sold by a drug trafficker. We reject petitioner's contention that the revised system for determining LSD amounts under the United States Sentencing Guidelines requires reconsideration...

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