Legal Opinion
United States v. Adan Garcia
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 6, 1991No. 90-1323PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Adan Garcia contests the length of his 60 month sentence for drug dealing. First he argues that the base level of the offense was too high because the weight of the marijuana seized was incorrectly determined — that is, it should have been dried before being weighed. Second, Garcia claims that the loaded 9mm handgun found secreted in the cushions of a couch in his home where marijuana was seized did not justify an upward adjustment of his sentence.
Garcia’s problems began when East Chicago police officers obtained and executed a search warrant for his house. During their…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
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