Legal Opinion
United States v. Whigham
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 3, 2010No. Criminal 06cr10328-NGPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SECOND AMENDED 1 SENTENCING MEMORANDUM
NANCY GERTNER, District Judge.
This case arose out of a joint federal-state arrest of twenty-three individuals who distributed crack cocaine in the Bromley Heath housing project in Boston, Massachusetts. While there is no question that crack cocaine has been the scourge of this neighborhood, like many others in Boston, my focus here must be on the sentence of one man, Kenneth Whigham (“Whigham”).
Whigham was charged with participating in drug deals on three dates, March 31, 2006, May 11, 2006, and May 12, 2006, distributing a total of 4.75 grams of crack…
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