Legal Opinion
United States v. Morris
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 7, 2015No. 13-1369PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOUTER, Associate Justice.
Federal law mandates a minimum ten-year prison sentence for a convicted mem-. ber of a drug conspiracy responsible for more than 280 grams of crack. 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A)(iii); 846. So far as it matters to this appeal, the district court made a finding of drug quantity, by a preponderance of the evidence: that the admitted conspirator Ryan Morris was personally responsible for 765.5 grams of crack. The court consequently imposed the mandatory ten-year sentence. While judicial fact-finding of drug quantities sufficient by statute to trigger mandatory minimum…
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