Legal Opinion
United States v. Benjamin J. Lloyd
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 17, 2004No. 03-1287PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALITO, Circuit Judge.
Benjamin J. Lloyd appeals a judgment of conviction and sentence. He argues that his offense level was improperly adjusted upward under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(5) as that provision was.interpreted in United States v. Fenton, 309 F.3d 825 (3d Cir.2002). Because we hold that his offense level was correctly determined, we affirm.
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Lloyd was alleged to be part of a drug ring headed by Armando Spataro. On July 1, 2001, Spataro was involved in a dispute with a man named Thomas Learn, whom he accused of “hitting on” a woman whom Spataro had been dating. Several…
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