Legal Opinion
United States v. Todd Jones
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 16, 2014No. 13-3673PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
After being charged with conspiracy to distribute fifty or more grams of crack cocaine and three other drug charges, Todd Jones caught some lucky breaks. He pleaded guilty to the conspiracy and, in return, the district court dismissed the remaining charges on the government’s motion. Jones qualified for the safety valve provision, and then became the beneficiary of a retroactive amendment to the United States Sentencing Guidelines which ultimately led to a forty-six month sentence, followed by five years of supervised release. The conditions of supervised release…
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