Legal Opinion
United States v. James Roberts, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 28, 2000No. 98-4091PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether the district court properly denied defendant-appellant James Roberts, Jr.’s request for a downward adjustment to his base offense level for a mitigating role in the offense pursuant to § 3B1.2 of the Sentencing Guidelines. Because Roberts’s base offense level was predicated only upon acts of distribution in which he personally played a substantial role, we AFFIRM the district court’s judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
On October 14, 1997, a federal grand jury returned a twenty-four-count indictment charging James Roberts, Jr.…
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