United States v. Kevin Boone

OPINION OF THE COURT

FUENTES, Circuit Judge.

Kevin Boone appeals his conviction and sentence for distribution of cocaine. Boone asserts that the District Court improperly influenced the jury’s deliberations when it delivered certain jury instructions and conducted an examination of a juror who had been accused by other jurors of refusing to deliberate properly. We conclude that the District Court did not abuse its discretion or commit plain error in its interactions with the jury. However, because the District Court sentenced Boone under a mandatory sentencing guidelines scheme rather than…