Legal Opinion
United States v. Byfield, Wayne
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 10, 2004No. 03-3091PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellant Wayne Byfield proposes that a person cannot smoke a mixture of roughly equal parts sugar and cocaine base. Accordingly, he says, for sentencing purposes the sugar should be subtracted from the total weight of the material he was convicted of possessing. Because the government provided virtually no evidence contradicting his factual claim, we reverse and remand.
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Byfield is serving a 292-month prison term under a 1992 conviction for possession of more than 50 grams of cocaine base with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§…
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