United States v. Rodney Cyrus, A/K/A Victor Barlow

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• upholding mandatory sentence of ten years for distributing crack cocaine although appellant most likely would have received sentence of two or three years for distributing an equal amount of powdered cocaine
• upholding mandatory sentence of ten years for distributing crack cocaine although appellant most likely would have received sentence of two or three years for distributing an equal amount of powdered cocaine
• capability of objective definition of cocaine base defeats vagueness challenge
• in identifying rational bases supporting more severe penalty for possession with intent to distribute crack, compared to powder cocaine, court noted that crack “is far more accessible due to its relatively low cost . . . [a]nd it has experienced an explosion of popularity”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).