Legal Opinion
United States v. Caldwell
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 9, 2009No. 08-3011PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellant Derrick Caldwell pled guilty to one count each of distributing cocaine, distributing cocaine base, and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine base, and was sentenced to 121 months’ imprisonment. Following the passage of Amendment 706 to the Sentencing Guidelines, the district court reduced Mr. Caldwell’s sentence by twenty-one months.
On appeal, Mr. Caldwell raises three challenges to his sentence. First, he challenges the district court’s reliance on uncharged “relevant conduct” to substantially increase his sentence. Second, he argues that the…
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