United States v. Hammer

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · Decided 1993-08-23

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RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge. In this case five defendants, each of whom pleaded guilty, appeal their sentences for drug-related crimes. One of the principal questions presented is the constitutionality of the continuing-eriminal-enterprise statute, 21 U.S.C. § 848 (b), which provides for a mandatory life sentence for someone whose enterprise involves 30 kilograms of a mixture or substa…

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