The following excerpt is from Herrera-Matus v. Floyd, 978 F.2d 715 (9th Cir. 1992):
21 U.S.C. 846 (emphasis added). This provision simply allowed a sentencing court to impose a punishment less than the mandatory minimum required for the corresponding substantive offense. See, e.g., United States v. Maree, 934 F.2d 196, 200-01 (9th Cir.1991) (prior to 1988, "there was no minimum sentence applicable" to a conspiracy conviction under section 846).
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