21 U.S.C. § 851
Proceedings to establish prior convictions
United States · Title 21 — FOOD AND DRUGS · Status: effective
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- 21 U.S.C. § 851, Proceedings to establish prior convictions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/454644
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If the United States attorney files an information under this section, the court shall after conviction but before pronouncement of sentence inquire of the person with respect to whom the information was filed whether he affirms or denies that he has been previously convicted as alleged in the information, and shall inform him that any challenge to a prior conviction which is not made before sentence is imposed may not thereafter be raised to attack the sentence.
No person who stands convicted of an offense under this part may challenge the validity of any prior conviction alleged under this section which occurred more than five years before the date of the information alleging such prior conviction.
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