Legal Opinion
United States v. Swiney
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 14, 2000No. 97-6493, 98-5011, 98-5012, 98-5015, 98-5016, 98-5017, 98-5018, 98-5019, 98-5341, 98-5343 and 98-5435PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.
Defendants Georgia Belle Mullins and Andy Lee Swiney, two members of a heroin conspiracy, appeal on various grounds their jury convictions and sentences. The Government cross appeals Mullins’ and Swiney’s sentences. The Government also appeals the sentences of seven other Defendants who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin. 1 The Government argues that all of the Defendants should have received a statutory mandatory minimum of twenty years pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) and U.S.S.G. § 2Dl.l(a) because a death resulted from the use of…
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