criminal-distribution

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-6692 Mustafa Deville Reynolds v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-02-07 Denied IFP aiding-and-abetting chain-of-distribution controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-distribution criminal-law due-process enhanced-penalty pinkerton-liability sentencing-enhancement Whether the prosecution must prove aiding and abetting or Pinkerton coconspirator liability before a remote seller in a chain of distribution may be s…
20-1205 Gazelle Craig v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-01 Denied Response Waived circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-distribution dispensing distributing medical-necessity prescription prescription-law statutory-interpretation When a licensed physician writes a prescription for a controlled substance that is not medically necessary, does that conduct constitute 'dispensing,'…
20-7204 Shane Faithful v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-distribution criminal-law federal-sentencing medical-care medical-prescription prescription-drugs sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a physician who prescribes a controlled substance to a patient for reasons other than medical care has unlawfully 'dispensed' the substance, u…