Legal Opinion
United States v. Luepke
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 24, 2007No. 06-3285PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Following a plea of guilty to a charge of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, see 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(B), 846, Michael Luepke was sentenced by the district court to 240 months’ imprisonment. He timely appeals his sentence. Because the district court did not afford him a meaningful opportunity to address the court prior to the imposition of sentence, we must vacate the sentence imposed and remand the case to the district court for a new sentencing proceeding.
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BACKGROUND
At his plea hearing, Mr. Luepke…
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