Legal Opinion
United States v. Lawler
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 16, 2016No. 15-1496PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Jean Lawler pleaded guilty to distributing heroin and conspiring to possess heroin with the intent to distribute it. The district court found, by a preponderance of the evidence, that Lawler sold the heroin that killed one of the conspiracy’s customers. On that basis; in determining Lawler’s Guidelines-recommended sentence, the court followed U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(a)(2), which applies if “the offense of conviction establishes that death ... resulted from the use of the [heroin].” That was erroneous. Lawler’s “offense of conviction” — distributing heroin and conspiring to…
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