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DePIERRE v. U.S.

No. 09-1533.

131 S.Ct. 2225 (2011)

564 U.S. 70

180 L.Ed.2d 114

Frantz DePIERRE, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 9, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Pincus , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Nicole A. Saharsky , Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Jeffrey A. Meyer , New Haven, CT, Eduardo A. Masferrer , Masferrer & Hurowitz, P.C., Boston, MA, Andrew J. Pincus , Charles A. Rothfeld , Paul W. Hughes , Michael B. Kimberly , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Neal Kumar Katyal , Acting Solicitor General, Lanny A. Breuer , Assistant Attorney General, Michael R. Dreeben , Deputy Solicitor General, Nicole A. Saharsky , Benjamin J. Horwich , Assistants to the Solicitor General, Deborah Watson , Washington, D.C., for Respondents.

Justice SOTOMAYOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

At the time of petitioner's conviction and sentence, federal law mandated a minimum 10-year sentence for persons convicted of certain drug offenses, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a), including those involving 50 grams or more of "a mixture or substance... which contains cocaine base," § 841(b)(1)(A)(iii), and a minimum 5-year sentence for offenses involving 5 grams or more of the same, § 841(b)(1)(B)(iii). This...

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