Legal Opinion

United States v. Morgan

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided September 3, 2004No. 03-1768PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PORFILIO, Senior Circuit Judge.

Michael Morgan pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute in excess of 100 kilograms of marijuana in violation of 21 . U.S.C. § 846 and 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), while reserving the right to challenge at his sentencing hearing the quantity of drugs for which he was responsible. He now appeals the 40-month sentence imposed on three principal grounds. Finding no merit in this triumvirate, we affirm.

In November 2001, the government charged Morgan, a Jamaican musician who became a United States citizen the previous month, and Beverly Pryme, also Jamaican and the mother of…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. United States v. DuarteCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
  5. United States v. FordiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1992

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3Cited by42 opinions

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