United States v. Dowell

OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

In March of 1997, a federal grand jury indicted Defendants-Appellants, Solomon Smith (“Smith”) and Fred Dowell (“Do-well”), along with thirteen other individuals, for conspiracy to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. Both Smith and Dowell entered into plea agreements with the Government. After accepting the plea agreements of Smith and Dowell, the district court sentenced Smith to ninety months’ imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, and sentenced Dowell to forty months’ imprisonment, to be served concurrently with the state…