United States v. Beamon

SENTENCING MEMORANDUM

ADELMAN, District Judge.

Defendant Jeffery Beamon pleaded guilty to distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B), and felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The probation office prepared a pre-sentence report (“PSR”), which determined that defendant’s offense level (“OL”) was 30 and his criminal history category (“CHC”) III, producing an imprisonment range of 121-151 months under the advisory sentencing guidelines. Because the government had filed an information pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 851, alleging that defendant had a prior…