Legal Opinion
United States v. Clarence Elijah Hendricks
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 30, 1999No. 98-1556PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Clarence Elijah Hendricks entered a plea of guilty to possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841. After applying the United States Sentencing Guidelines safety-valve provision, the district court sentenced Hendricks to 76 months of imprisonment and ten years of supervised release. Hendricks appeals the supervised release portion of his sentence, claiming that the opening of the safety-valve precludes a ten-year term of supervised release. We agree and reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
Hendricks entered a plea of guilty to a violation of 21…
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