Certiorari denied.
JUSTICE WHITE, with whom JUSTICE O'CONNOR joins, dissenting.
Petitioner Costa was convicted on various drug trafficking charges and sentenced to 60 years in prison. The District Court ordered that he would not be eligible for parole until he served one-third of his sentence (20 years). Before the Eleventh Circuit, petitioner argued that this latter provision violated 18 U. S. C. §4205(a), which states that the maximum term of imprisonment...
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