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Bifulco Vs. United States

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 16, 1980

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  1. United States Vs. Batchelder US Supreme Court · Jun 04, 1979
  2. United States Vs. Timmreck US Supreme Court · May 21, 1979
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  3. Aaron Vs. Sec US Supreme Court · Jun 02, 1980
  4. Bifulco v. United
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  5. States - 447 U.S. 381 (1980) U.S. Supreme Court Bifulco v. United
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  6. States, 447 U.S. 381 (1980) Bifulco v. United
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  7. authorizes the imposition of a special parole term. See United States v. Burman
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  8. F.2d 1354, 1356-1358 (CA4 1978), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 1118 (1979), and United States v. Jacobson
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  9. F.2d 863, 867-868 (CA10), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 932 (1978). It also relied on the decision in United States v. Dankert
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  10. United States v. Mearns
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  11. of the substantive ambit of criminal prohibitions, but also to the penalties they impose. See, e.g., United States v. Batchelder
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  12. Simpson v. United
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  13. States, 435 U. S. 6 , 435 U. S. 14 -15 (1978). The Court's opinion in Ladner v. United
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  14. See Whalen v. United
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  15. Lewis v. United
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  16. to which it is appended. See, e.g., United States v. Jacobson
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  17. plainly means a term of incarceration plus special parole. See. e.g., United States v. Jacquinto
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  18. United States v. Brown
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  19. an isolated act of distribution. In other contexts, we have recognized the logic of that view. See, e.g., Iannelli v. United
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  20. a special parole term where such a term is included in the penalty provisions of the target offense. See United States v. Sellers
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  21. F.2d 53, 58 (CA8 1979), and Cantu v. United
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  22. parole was authorized. For example, the question presented here may have lingered beneath the surface in United States v. Timmreck
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  23. See United States v. Jacquinto
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  24. F.Supp. 728 (ED Pa.1979), and Fassette v. United
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  25. States, 444 F.Supp. 1245 (CD Cal.1978). Cf. United States v. Wells
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  26. Congress must be taken at its word unless we are to assume the role of statute revisers. Aaron v. SEC
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  27. TVA v. Hill
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  28. in the administration of criminal justice, a badly drawn statute places strains on judges. See, e.g., Busic v. United
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  29. LaRocca v. United
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  30. It is unlikely that Congress so intended. See Callanan v. United
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  31. U.S. Supreme Court Bifulco v. United
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  32. See United States v. Burman
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  33. and United States v. Jacobson
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  34. United States v. Dankert
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  35. Ladner v. United
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  36. Lewis v. United
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  37. United States v. Jacobson
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  38. United States v. Jacquinto
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  39. Iannelli v. United
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  40. See United States v. Sellers
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  41. and Cantu v. United
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  42. (ED Pa.1979), and Fassette v. United
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  43. (CD Cal.1978). Cf. United States v. Wells
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  44. Busic v. United
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  45. See Callanan v. United
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