Legal Opinion
United States v. Edward Hall Yates
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 17, 1993No. 92-6049PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Per curiam
The issue presented in this appeal is whether a defendant’s role as the supplier of drugs to the head of an extensive retail distribution conspiracy is alone sufficient to render him a “leader or organizer” of the group under section 3Bl.l(a) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.”). We hold that the district court erred as a matter of law and fact in finding that it was sufficient. Accordingly, we vacate the defendant’s sentence and remand to the district court for resentencing.
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE
A. Procedural Background
Appellant Edward Hall Yates (“Yates”) was indicted…
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