POLS 4720 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mandatory Sentencing, Affidavit, William Rehnquist
19 Apr 2018
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In april 1992, respondents were indicted in the united states district court for the. Central district of california on charges of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base (crack). In response to the indictment, respondents filed a motion for discovery or for dismissal of the indictment, alleging that they were selected for federal prosecution because they are black. In support of their motion, they offered an affidavit by a (cid:858)(cid:858)paralegal pe(cid:272)ialist,(cid:859)(cid:859) employed by the office of the federal public defender representing one of the respondents. The motion said that everyone of the 24 defendants who were represented by their office and charged with similar crimes in. Also, one of respondent"s attorneys submitted an affidavit alleging that an intake coordinator at a drug treatment center had told her that there are (cid:858)(cid:858)a(cid:374) equal number of caucasian users and dealers to minority users and dealers. (cid:859)(cid:859)
