Legal Opinion
United States v. Calvin Coohey
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 3, 1993No. 93-1217PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Calvin John Coohey appeals his convictions and sentences on drug trafficking charges involving lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). We affirm his convictions and sentences, but remand so that the District Court may consider whether Coohey’s sentences should be reduced pursuant to a recent amendment to the Sentencing Guidelines concerning the method for determining the weight to be assigned to LSD and its carrier medium for sentencing purposes.
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Coohey was convicted of conspiracy to distribute, and also distribution of, LSD within 1000 feet of a school. At his sentencing…
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