United States v. Tyler Sanders

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Tyler Sanders pleaded guilty to possessing more than 50 grams of cocaine base with intent to distribute. At sentencing, the district judge found that he possessed more than 500 grams of cocaine or cocaine base and calculated an offense level of 26, producing a recommended range of 110 to 137 months’ imprisonment. The judge sentenced Sanders to 120 months. Most of the cocaine that was included as relevant conduct for the purpose of calculating the offense level had been seized from Sanders’s home, which the police searched with a warrant following his arrest. The…