West v. United States

WOODCOCK, District Judge.

Defendant-appellant Matthew West appeals from his conviction of two counts of intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine and his subsequent sentence as a career criminal to 180 months incarceration followed by 10 years of supervised release. West’s appeal is based upon claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, abuse of discretion in continuing the sentencing hearing, sentencing factor manipulation, and an unreasonable sentence. We affirm.

I. FACTS

In 2005, the Boston Police Department (BPD) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigated suspected…