Legal Opinion
United States v. Gray
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 24, 2009No. 08-3497, 08-3587PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
Darryl Lajoune Brown pled guilty to possessing with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base, commonly known as crack cocaine. The district court 1 sentenced Brown to 84 months’ imprisonment, and he appeals his sentence. Christopher Gray pled guilty to distributing five grams or more of crack cocaine, an offense to which a five-year statutory minimum sentence applies. The district court sentenced Gray to 70 months’ imprisonment, and denied Gray’s motion to declare unconstitutional the statute establishing a mandatory minimum punishment for trafficking in…
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