Legal Opinion
United States v. Jerry Franklin
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 2, 2012No. 12-1300PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Chief Judge.
Jerry Franklin was sentenced to 216 months imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(l)(B)(viii) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. On appeal, Franklin claims the district court 1 procedurally and substantively erred by departing upwards 108 months under the advisory United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G. or Guidelines) § 5K2.2. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On November 20, 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri, Federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) investigators observed a man, carrying a bag and a bucket, exit a building…
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