United States v. Synina Lavel Clark

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote a separate opinion concurring in the judgment. Judge KING wrote a separate opinion concurring in the judgment.

*685OPINION

LUTTIG, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellee, Synina Clark, was convicted in federal court for the federal crime of conspiring to distribute crack cocaine, which crime she committed in Virginia. The United States Sentencing Guidelines provided that she be sentenced to between 46 and 57 months. The district court sentenced Clark to eight months instead, according “great weight” to the fact…