UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APPELLEE,
v.
MICHAEL ALLEN RUSH, APPELLANT

9th Cir. | 1980-07-07
No. 79-1251
622 F.2d 1021 United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1980) Positive Treatment
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Holding

A special parole term cannot be imposed for a conviction of conspiracy to violate federal drug laws.


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Defendant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute and received a prison sentence and a special parole…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Michael Allen Rush pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. He was sentenced to two years in prison followed by a special parole term of five years. The only issue1 on appeal is whether a special parole term may be imposed for a conviction of conspiracy to violate federal drug laws. Because of disagreement among the circuits, and the pend-ency of the issue before the Supreme Court in Bifulco v. United States, 600 F. 2d 407 (2nd Cir.), cert. granted, 444 U.S. 897, 100 S.Ct. 205, 62 L.Ed.2d 133 (1979), we deferred submission of this appeal until the Supreme Court rendered its decision in Bifulco v. United States,-U.S.-, 100 S.Ct. 2247, 64 L.Ed.2d -, 27 U.S.Cr.L. 3173 (1980).

The Supreme Court has resolved the question in favor of the appellant. It follows that judgment must be vacated and the cause remanded for the entry of an appropriate judgment pursuant to the decision in Bifulco v. United States, supra.

Vacated and remanded.

. Rush filed a Fed.R.Crim.P. 35 motion to correct his sentence, asserting that the special parole term prescribed by 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B) could not be imposed for a conspiracy conviction. The appeal is from the order denying Rule 35 relief.


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