Legal Opinion
United States v. Fanfan
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 8, 2006No. 05-1826PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
The complicated journey of this criminal case began with the indictment of Ducan Fanfan in 2003 on one count of conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), 846 (2000). In a two-day trial conducted in October 2003, a jury convicted Fanfan, who was thereafter sentenced by the trial judge in June 2004 to 78 months in prison.
The sentence was well under the guideline level for the amount of drugs attributed to Fanfan because the district judge, acting in the period before…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by38 opinions
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