United States v. William T. Coleman, Beverly Holland and Roxanne M. Stowe

Defendant-appellant William T. Coleman appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (William K. Sessions, III, Judge), convicting him, following the entry of a guilty plea, of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (“crack” or “crack cocaine”) in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and sentencing him principally to a 240-month term of incarceration. On appeal, Coleman challenges his sentence, contending that: (1) 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) and the United States Sentencing Guidelines violate the equal protection component of the Fifth…