UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE,
v.
MARY GRACE WESTLAKE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT
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The court affirmed the conviction, finding both of the appellant's arguments to be without merit.
Appellant was convicted of importing cocaine. She appealed, arguing the jury selection plan was unconstitutional and that a statute allowing the Attor…
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PER CURIAM:
Appellant was convicted by a jury of importing cocaine into the United States, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952 (a). On appeal, she raises two points, both of which we consider to be without merit.
First, she argues that the implementation of the jury selection plan for the Southern District of Florida unconstitutionally excludes Cuban immigrants and young adults from jury service. This very contention has been raised and rejected on many occasions in the past. See, e. g., United States v. Gooding, 5th Cir. 1973, 473 F. 2d 425; United States v. Blair, 5th Cir. 1972, 470 F. 2d 331; United States v. Pentado, 5th Cir. 1972, 463 F. 2d 355. Those decisions are dis-positive of appellant’s first contention.
Secondly, appellant argues that 21 U.S.C. § 811, which empowers the Attorney General to modify the “schedules” of controlled substances and narcotics set out in 21 U.S.C. § 812(c), represents an impermissible delegation of legislative power. We decline to reach this point at the present time. Congress initially classified cocaine as a Schedule II Controlled Substance, and the Attorney General has neither rescheduled nor deleted cocaine from the list of controlled substances since the effective date of the statute. Appellant therefore has not been affected by whatever delegation of authority may be embodied in the statute.
The judgment below is accordingly affirmed.
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