Legal Opinion
United States v. Luis A. Montanez
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 23, 2006No. 04-4543PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Circuit Judge.
The defendant, Luis Montanez, was charged in a one-count indictment for possession of an unspecified amount of cocaine with the intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a). Montanez pled guilty and was sentenced to 130 months imprisonment, the minimum sentence under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, based on the district court’s conclusion that Monta-nez qualified as a career offender. See U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1. Montanez objected to the Guideline sentence based on Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004). The district court…
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