United States v. Edward Martinez

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• upholding denial of safety valve where defendant refused to give information for fear of putting family in danger
• explaining that where defendant “pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute an unspecified amount and type of controlled 12 substance” under § 841 of Title 21 of the United States Code, “it is clear that drug type and quantity are not elements of the offense”
• “In reading § 841, it is clear that drug type and quantity are not elements of the offense.”
• “[A] defendant may be convicted under § 841(a)(1) even if he does not know the type or quantity of the controlled substance.”
• “drug type and quantity are not elements of the offense” under federal law
• \drug type and quantity are not elements of the offense\ under federal law

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