Legal Opinion
United States v. Kwabena Osei
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 21, 1997No. 1458, Docket 96-1796PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Per curiam
This case presents the question of whether U.S.S.G. § 2Dl.l(b)(4) can be applied in cases in which the defendant is not subject to a statutory mandatory minimum sentence. The district court concluded, over the objection of both the defendant and the government, that Section 2Dl.l(b)(4) is not applicable in such a case. Applying the plain language of the Sentencing Guidelines, we disagree. We therefore vacate the defendant’s sentence and remand for resen-tencing.
Background
In June 1996, defendant Kwabena Osei arrived at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City aboard a…
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