United States v. Pease

Andre Pease pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. On appeal Pease challenges the district court’s denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea, the district court’s attribution of six kilograms of cocaine to Pease at the sentencing hearing, and the sufficiency of the indictment. Pease also claims that his thirty-year sentence runs afoul of the rule of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). We affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Pease was charged by indictment with conspiracy to distribute cocaine in…