Legal Opinion
United States v. Mendoza, Christian
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 2006No. 05-3323PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
On July 18, 2005, Christian Mendoza was sentenced to 108 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute 95 kilograms of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). On appeal, he argues that he was entitled to a reduction in his sentence, asserting that he was only a minor participant in a drug conspiracy, see U.S.S.G. § 2Dl.l(a)(3), § 3B1.2(b). He also contends that he should have received a non-guidelines sentence based on the disparity between his sentence and that of his fellow coconspirator, Santos Fernandez Quinonez, see 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a).…
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