Legal Opinion
United States v. Curtis Graves
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 12, 2005No. 04-3720PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Curtis Graves was arrested and charged with two counts of possession with intent to distribute 50 or more grams of crack cocaine. On appeal he argues that his conviction should be overturned and that he was improperly sentenced as a career criminal under the sentencing guidelines. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm his conviction but vacate his sentence and remand for resentencing.
I. Background
On March 29, 2002, Curtis Graves sold 72 grams of crack cocaine to Tona Jones. Unfortunately for Graves, Jones was working as an informant for the FBI Safe Streets Task Force…
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