Legal Opinion
United States v. Angel Ruiz
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 11, 1991No. 90-1787PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Chief Judge.
A jury concluded that Angel Ruiz was, in fact, no angel: it found him guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and one count of distribution of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The district court entered judgment on this verdict and sentenced Ruiz under the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“Guidelines”) to a term of 160 months. In this appeal, Ruiz challenges both his conviction and his sentence. We affirm the former but, because the court committed error in the application of the Guidelines, we vacate Ruiz’s…
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