United States v. Parker

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Vernado Parker pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess more than 5 kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846,> and admitted under oath to distributing between 50 and 150 kilograms. In exchange, the government agreed to dismiss the remaining charges and to recommend that Parker receive certain sentence reductions under the United States Sentencing Guidelines. The district court accepted the government’s recommendations and sentenced Parker to 121 months’ imprisonment, the bottom of Parker’s calculated Guidelines range. Parker…