United States v. Kenny Ron Allen

Kenny Ron Allen appeals his 130-month concurrent sentences, imposed after he pled guilty to two counts of possession with intent to distribute five or more grams of crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of a playground in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 860. On appeal, he argues that the district court erred by considering several of his prior state sentences unrelated for purposes of sentencing him under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Allen also filed a motion requesting oral argument. For the reasons set forth more fully below, we affirm Allen’s sentence and deny his motion.

Allen pled…