drug-prosecution

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5599 David Martins v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-knowledge drug-prosecution federal-sentencing mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove a defendant's knowledge of drug type and quantity in a 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) prosecution when the drug type and quan…
23-5828 Raquel Rivera v. United States Third Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof controlled-substances-act drug-prosecution farm-bill hemp hemp-classification marijuana marijuana-definition possession-with-intent-to-distribute thc-concentration thc-content Whether the government must prove that a substance is marijuana and not hemp as an element of a possession with intent to distribute offense, or wheth…