Legal Opinion
United States v. Matthew Elder
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 15, 2018No. 17-2207PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ripple, Circuit Judge.
In 2015, Matthew Elder was convicted of conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, *494 in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and 846. At his first sentencing, the district court concluded that Mr. Elder was subject to a mandatory term of life imprisonment under § 841(b)(1)(A) because he had two prior "felony drug offense" convictions. We remanded for resentencing because we concluded that one of his prior convictions did not qualify as a felony drug offense as…
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