Legal Opinion
United States v. Dion Floyd
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 25, 1991No. 89-50295PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Dion Floyd appeals his conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and rock cocaine. The government cross-appeals the district court’s downward departure in sentencing defendant to seventeen years of imprisonment. We affirm both the conviction and the sentence.
I
In early September 1988, the Drug Enforcement Administration received information from a confidential informant that Dion Floyd was engaged in the distribution of cocaine. Subsequently, the DEA began an investigation into Floyd’s drug trafficking activities.
On September 12, 1988, the…
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