United States v. Wilson

ORDER

David Wilson pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1). At sentencing Wilson conceded that he was a career offender, and the district court calculated his advisory guidelines range as 262 to 327 months. Because of his substantial assistance, the government asked the court to sentence Wilson to 215 months, 15% below the low end of this range. The district court decided to be more generous and sentenced Wilson to 200 months, but Wilson argues here that reversible error occurred nonetheless. In his view, the sentence must be set aside both because…