Legal Opinion
United States v. Corey Spigner
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 1, 2005No. 04-3031PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Corey Spigner pleaded guilty to and was convicted of conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (crack), in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and 846. His offense subjected him to a ten-year mandatory minimum sentence, see 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A)(iii), but Spigner received a sentence fifteen months greater than the mandatory minimum due to the district court’s use of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (Guidelines). On appeal, Spigner challenges the sentence imposed by the district court because it was based on an erroneous (yet understandable) belief…
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