Legal Opinion
United States v. Stephen Espinosa
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 27, 2008No. 07-3226PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
On May 24, 2007, Stephen Espinosa pled guilty to conspiracy to manufacture 5 grams or more of methamphetamine and manufacturing methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and entered an Alford plea to possession of a firearm as an unlawful user of methamphetamine, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3). See North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970). For purposes of determining the advisory sentencing range, the district court 1 grouped the conspiracy and the manufacturing counts pursuant to USSG § 3D1.2(d), and sentenced…
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