By: Derek Hawkins//April 8, 2019//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: United States of America v. Jesus Salgado
Case No.: 18-2194
Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and ST. EVE, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Sentencing Guidelines
Jesus Salgado pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin. At sentencing, over Salgado’s objection, the district court applied an aggravating role enhancement and calculated the Guidelines range to be 210 to 262 months’ imprisonment. The court sentenced Salgado below that range, to 192 months’ imprisonment. It explained, however, that even if it were wrong on the enhancement’s application, it would have imposed the same sentence. Salgado appeals, challenging the district court’s application of the aggravating role enhancement and the substantive reasonableness of his sentence. We affirm.
Affirmed