United States v. Mingo Flores

*762MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Mingo Flores pled guilty to possessing with intent to distribute approximately 391 grams of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A). The district court1 sentenced him to 285 months after departing upward from the sentencing guidelines. Flores appeals his sentence, and we affirm.

On April 28, 2001, Flores shot a man named Steve Huerta, who was one of his drug suppliers and who was also romantically involved with his sister, Vicki Flores. While Mingo Flores was riding in a car, he saw Steve and Vicki arguing in an alley in…