Legal Opinion
United States v. Kenneth Block
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 1, 2013No. 10-3447, 10-3469, 10-3714, 11-1090, 11-1240, 11-1509, 11-1680, 11-2630PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
This consolidated criminal appeal involves eight defendants who participated in a large heroin distribution conspiracy that operated out of Rockford, Illinois. Each pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin and more than fifty grams of cocaine base. The principal argument on appeal is that the district court failed to make a conservative drug quantity calculation for sentencing purposes. But for the reasons explained further below, we find the district court did not err and carefully examined the…
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