Legal Opinion
United States v. Clay
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 7, 2008No. 07-3050PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Anthony Dion Clay pled guilty to distribution of more than 5 grams of crack cocaine after having previously been convicted of felony drug offenses, and the district court 1 sentenced him as a career offender to 262 months, a sentence at the bottom of the applicable guideline range. He argues on his direct appeal from the judgment and sentence that the district court should have granted his motion for a downward variance based on the unfair discrepancy between crack and powder cocaine sentences or alternatively, that he was entitled to a lower sentence based on amendments…
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