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Sentencing — controlled substances — relevant conduct
10-2872 & 10-3079 U.S. v. Longstreet
09-3715 U.S. v. Ortiz
Sentencing Relevant conduct Where a defendant pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting another in drug trafficking, he cannot claim he should only be held liable for the amount of controlled substances that he was to receive from the transaction. “Because Ortiz pled guilty to aiding and abetting Williams’s attempted possession with the intent to distribute […]
09-1556 U.S. v. Jones
Sentencing Relevant conduct Unlawful conduct need not be chargeable in federal court in order for it to constitute relevant conduct under the Sentencing Guidelines. “The fact that Jones’s possession of the rifle constituted a state rather than a federal crime does not preclude its treatment as relevant conduct. The Guidelines themselves do not define relevant […]
10-1085 U.S. v. Isom
Sentencing Relevant conduct The district court properly determined the defendant’s relevant conduct based on hearsay statements of coconspirators. “Here, the government established that both Rose’s and Coffey’s accounts as recounted in the presentence report were reliable. Reliability can be established by internal consistency, corroborating evidence, and providing missing facts and detail[...]
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