Legal Opinion
United States v. Isom
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 14, 2011No. 10-1085PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
After a jury trial, Chazzie Isom was convicted of three counts of distributing cocaine base. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A). The sales totaled about 70 grams, but the district court attributed to him as relevant conduct a much larger amount — roughly 600 grams — and sentenced him to 262 months’ imprisonment. On appeal Isom primarily challenges this relevant conduct finding, arguing that he should not be accountable for drug transactions involving two coconspirators. Because the district court properly calculated the drug quantity using reliable information, we…
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