Legal Opinion
United States v. Nunez
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 30, 2010No. 10-1384PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Miguel Nunez pled guilty to knowingly and intentionally possessing over 500 grams of cocaine with intent to distribute. The district court sentenced Nunez to sixty months imprisonment, the mandatory minimum sentence, after determining that Nunez was not eligible for a “safety valve” adjustment to his sentence, which would have permitted the court to set a sentence below the mandatory minimum. Nunez argues that the district court violated his due process right to be sentenced on the basis of reliable information when it considered hearsay information from two confidential…
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