United States v. Esquivel-Cortes

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

In each of these six cases, consolidated by the court for disposition, the appellant was convicted of a felony offense and sentenced to a term within the Sentencing Guidelines promulgated in accordance with the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, 18 U.S.C. § 3551 etseq., and 28 U.S.C. §§ 991-998. The challenges to the constitutionality of the Sentencing Reform Act, the United States Sentencing Commission, and the Sentencing Guidelines, which appellants advance, were rejected in United States v. Mistretta, — U.S.-, 109 S.Ct. 647, 102 L.Ed.2d 714 (1989). Only appellants’…