Legal Opinion
United States v. Henry Lee Carter, Also Known as Henry Lo Carter, Also Known as Prince Carter
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1996No. 96-1329PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Per curiam
Henry Lee Carter appeals the 210-month sentence imposed by the district court 1 after he pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine base (crack) with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). We affirm.
At sentencing, Carter, an African-American, objected to his offense-level calculation, which was derived from the penalty scheme set forth in 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1), providing the same penalties for given amounts of crack and 100 times greater amounts of powder cocaine (“the 100-to-l ratio”). Carter’s objection was premised on Congress’s rejection of a proposed amendment to the…
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