United States v. Hill

Memorandum Opinion and Order

Gary Feinerman, United States District Judge

Robert Hill pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess and distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 1846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2. Docs. 336-337. He asked the court to impose a custodial sentence below the ten-year statutory minimum to account for the 27-month sentence he had completed for a closely related state drug offense. The trouble with Hill’s request was 18 U.S.C. § 3584, which under binding circuit precedent allows a court to make a federal sentence concurrent with a state sentence—or to adjust a federal…