United States v. Smith

MEMORANDUM

ADELMAN, District Judge.

Defendant Anthony Smith sold some crack to a confidential government informant on February 16, 2000. Several weeks later, the informant tried to contact defendant to set up another transaction. Defendant did not return his calls. The government then lost track of defendant until May 2003, when it indicted him on one count of distribution of cocaine base.

Defendant pled guilty to the charge, and a pre-sentence report (PSR) was prepared in anticipation of sentencing. Because the transaction involved 59 grams of crack co caine, defendant’s base offense level was…