Legal Opinion
United States v. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 11, 2008No. 06-6233PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcKEAGUE, J., joined by Rogers, J.,
MERRITT, J. (pp. 569-75), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.
A grand jury indicted Thomas M. Thompson and six codefendants of various federal offenses related to a drug transaction that turned into an armed robbery. Thompson pleaded guilty to three criminal counts. He received 360 months of imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He also received a mandatory consecutive sentence of ten years’ imprisonment for the discharge of a firearm in connection with a drug transaction.
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