Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement

By: Derek Hawkins//February 8, 2022//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Juan Zamudio

Case No.: 20-3016

Officials: KANNE, HAMILTON, and ST. EVE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement

Following an investigation of an Indianapolis‐based drug trafficking organization, the government secured a warrant to search Juan Zamudio’s residence, where they found large amounts of methamphetamine, a digital scale, and a loaded firearm. Zamudio pled guilty to two drug‐related offenses and was sentenced to 300 months’ imprisonment. Zamudio now challenges three aspects of his sentence: the district court’s calculation of his base offense level based on the amount of drugs attributed to him; the court’s application of a 2‐level firearm enhancement; and the court’s application of a 2‐level enhancement for maintaining a drug premises. We affirm the judgment of the district court on each of these issues.

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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