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United States v. Juan Leanos

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 11, 2016No. 15-3248PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Juan Martinez Léanos appeals his 120-month sentence — the mandatory minimum for his crime pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) — arguing that the district court 1 should have applied the so-called safety valve provided by 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) and sentenced him below the statutory minimum. We affirm.

I. Background

Martinez Léanos and his girlfriend, Patricia Solorzano, shared a home out of which they distributed methamphetamine. After several controlled buys, law enforcement officers secured a warrant to search Martinez Léanos and Solorzano’s home. Inside, officers discovered…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Alleyne v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  2. United States v. HarakalyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013
  3. United States v. BookerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
  4. United States v. James KingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
  5. United States v. Lizarraga-CarrizalesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. United States v. Claudius FincherCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019
  2. United States v. Michael VoelzCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2023
  3. United States v. Veronica Gonzalez-CarmonaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2022
  4. United States v. FitzpatrickCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2023
  5. United States v. Claudius FincherCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019

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