Legal Opinion
United States v. Artie Deshann Crawford
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1996No. 95-3056PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Artie Deshann Crawford appeals his sentence based on a plea of guilty to distributing 55.6 grams of cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1994). Crawford attacks the sentencing scheme which punishes distribution of cocaine base far more severely than distribution of cocaine. He argues that the distinction in section 841(b) and U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1 between cocaine base and cocaine is nonsensical because the two terms refer to the same chemical. Therefore, he contends that we should be governed by the rule of lenity and sentence him to the lesser…
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