United States v. Jerry Gene Dutcher

MeMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Jerry Gene Dutcher appeals from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court 1 for the Western District of Missouri sentencing him under the federal sentencing guidelines to eighty-four months imprisonment following his plea of guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and one count of money laundering. 2 For reversal, Dutcher argues that the district court erred in (1) believing that it could not depart more than fifty percent below the applicable sentencing range under the guidelines and (2) assuming that Dutcher was a leader of the…