Legal Opinion
United States v. Guadalupe Almanza
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 30, 2000No. 99-1560PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant was convicted of conspiring with two other men to possess cocaine with intent to distribute it, and was sentenced to 78 months in prison. The only issue that warrants discussion is whether the judge should have given him a 4-level sentencing discount for being a minimal participant, rather than the 2-level discount for being a minor participant that the judge did give him.
Almanza’s coconspirators, the Santoyo brothers, arranged to purchase six kilo grams of cocaine from a person who, to their misfortune, turned out to be a government informant. They brought…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- United States v. GoinesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Carl Hach and Francis HachCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Jose Antonio Caballero, United States of America v. Jose Antonio CaballeroCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
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