United States v. Mark Lavalley

MINER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Mark L. LaValley appeals from a judgment of conviction and sentence entered in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (Billings, J.) following his plea of guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C) (1988). The district court found LaValley to be “a steerer or a facilitator” and for that reason rejected his claim that he was a minor participant in the offense. Accordingly, the district court denied LaValley’s…