Legal Opinion
United States v. Arturo Valdez
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 13, 2014No. 13-1811PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Arturo Valdez pled guilty to possessing heroin with intent to distribute. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). He admitted responsibility for 700 grams of heroin, but in applying the Sentencing Guidelines, the district court held him accountable for more than three kilograms of the drug. The court imposed a within-guidelines sentence of 140 months in prison. On appeal Valdez challenges his sentence, arguing that the court’s drug quantity finding violated his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights, that the finding was based on unreliable evidence, and that the court failed to address…
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