Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Santiago v. United States
Santiago v. United States, 485 U.S. 969 (1988)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1988-03-21
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding that Congress's purpose to deter "a particularly insidious form of criminal activity" with enhanced penalties is "clear, unequivocal, and rational"
- “the government does not have to prove that the defendant knew the specific nature and amount of the controlled substance ...”
- it is the role of the jury, having seen and heard the witnesses, “to determine which of the various proffered interpretations of the evidence is credible”
- remarks of Sen. D’Amato noting relationship of S.2580 and S.2787 to final Act
- upholding sentence of life imprisonment
Citator
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C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.