Legal Opinion
United States v. Raul Morales
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 18, 1993No. 91-3074PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Raul Morales pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute, cocaine and was sentenced to 109 months in prison. His appeal challenges the judge’s decision to enhance his offense level by two points, from 28 to 30, which, given Morales’ criminal history, had the effect of raising the guideline range from 78-97 months to 97-121 months; the judge gave him the midpoint of the range. The ground for the enhancement was that Morales had been “an organizer, leader, manager, or supervisor” of the conspiracy. United States Sentencing…
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