Legal Opinion
United States v. Padilla
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 31, 2008No. 06-4370PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Felipe Padilla pleaded guilty to one count of knowingly distributing 121.3 grams of a substance containing cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). After finding that the substance in question was cocaine base in the form of crack, the district court sentenced Padilla to 327 months’ imprisonment, a sentence above the advisory guidelines sentence of 240 months. Padilla now appeals his sentence, arguing that (1) the district court improperly found the narcotics to be crack; and (2) his sentence was unreasonable. We affirm the district court’s finding on the drug…
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