United States v. Michael Smith

OPINION

HOOD, District Judge.

On January 20, 1999, a federal grand jury sitting in the Southern District of Ohio charged Defendant Michael Smith and five co-defendants with drug-related offenses in a ten-count indictment. Defendant Smith was named in Counts I, II, and X of the indictment. Defendant Smith and his co-defendants pleaded guilty to Count I of the indictment, which is conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine base and cocaine from October 1, 1998, until January 20, 1999, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. Count II of the indictment charged that Defendant Smith and…