United States v. Anthony Toliver, AKA T, United States of America v. Anthony Brian Patterson, AKA Brian Patterson, AKA Little Ant

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• holding that “[t]he tainted drug quantity verdict does not affect the validity of the underlying conspiracy conviction because drug quantity was not an element of the charged conspiracy offense”
• holding that under §§ 841(a) and 841(b)(1) drug quantity and type are functional equivalents of elements of the offense when a finding would expose the defendant to an increased maximum sentence
• holding that under §§ 841(a) and 841(b)(1) drug quantity and type are functional equivalents of elements of the offense when a finding would expose the defendant to an increased maximum sentence
• holding that the district court’s drug quantity determination at sentencing did not violate Apprendi because the defendants were not exposed to a sentence that exceeded the 20 year maximum sentence authorized by the jury’s verdict
• holding that the government’s failure to prove drug type and quantity did not entitle the defendants to a judgment of acquittal and that the district court was instead “restricted in the maximum sentence that it could impose”
• “[AJttaching the label ‘element’ to a fact that may increase the maximum statutory sentence only has significance for purposes of satisfying the due process rights established by Apprendi”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).