Legal Opinion
United States v. Brewer
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 20, 2008No. 06-4836PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge BEATY joined.
OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge:
Arthur Leon Brewer appeals from his sentence of seventy months in prison, imposed in the Eastern District of Virginia on his 2006 conviction for distributing more than five grams of cocaine base (“crack”), in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). On appeal, Brewer, who is mentally handicapped, contends that the district court erred by, inter aha, denying him a downward departure based on diminished capacity and imposing a sentence that is unreasonable. 1 As…
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