United States v. Taylor

OPINION

DIAMOND, Chief Judge.

The court is confronted with the difficulty of sentencing a defendant whose case presents an atypical situation under the United States Sentencing Guidelines which were designed to create a “heartland” of presumptive sentences for typical cases. The defendant pled guilty to one count of distribution of less than 100 grams of heroin within 1,000 feet of a school, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 845a *40(1990). The presentence report concluded that defendant is a career offender under the Sentencing Guidelines and calculated his sentence accordingly. Defendant strenuously…