United States v. Dayton Poke

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, age 35 at sentencing, was sentenced to 420 months in prison — 35 years — for possessing 1.2 grams of crack cocaine with intent to sell; possessing a gun though he’d previously been convicted of a felony; and using the gun in furtherance of a drug-trafficking offense. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(c)(1)(A), (e)(1). He was also a career offender, having been convicted of two previous drug offenses. The statutory minimum sentence for all his offenses combined was 20 years (240 months) — 15 years for his being a felon in possession and…