United States v. Margarito Mora-Estrada

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Margarito Mora-Estrada challenges the sentence he received after pleading guilty to conspiracy to purchase marijuana with intent to distribute under 21 U.S.C. § 846. Mora-Estrada first contends that the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (the “Guidelines”) under which his sentence was imposed are unconstitutional because the establishment of the Sentencing Commission which drafted the Guidelines constituted an impermissible delegation of legislative power and violated the separation of powers doctrine. He next argues that he was entitled to a decrease of…