Legal Opinion
United States v. Sheila Smith and Byron Vandrea Phillips, A/K/A Vincent Andrian Phillips, A/K/A Byron A. Phillips
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 28, 1994No. 92-7614PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
Defendants-Appellants Sheila Smith and Byron Vandrea Phillips were convicted by a jury of three drug offenses in connection with the sale of crack cocaine to an undercover police officer. Smith and Phillips do not appeal their convictions, but both challenge their sentences. They assert that the trial court incorrectly applied the United States Sentencing Commission Guidelines (the Guidelines)1 in calculating the quantity of crack cocaine to be considered in their sentencing. We disagree with Smith and therefore affirm her sentence, but we vacate Phillips’ sentence and…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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3Cited by68 opinions
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