Plea & Sentencing

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Wade Bonk

Case No.: 19-1948

Officials: RIPPLE, WOOD, and SCUDDER, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Plea & Sentencing

A grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Wade Bonk and his two codefendants, Darcy Kampas and Timothy Wood, with conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(b)(1)(A), and with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A).

Wood and Kampas pleaded guilty to the conspiracy count in accordance with their plea agreements. Mr. Bonk also pleaded guilty to the conspiracy count, but without the benefit of a cooperation plea agreement. He was sentenced to 262 months’ imprisonment, less than the guidelines range but more than what Mr. Bonk had requested, due to the nature and extent of Mr. Bonk’s past criminal conduct, combined with the nature of the offense of conviction. Final judgment was entered, and Mr. Bonk timely filed a notice of appeal. There is nothing substantively unreasonable about this sentence.

Affirmed

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