Legal Opinion
United States v. Platte
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 20, 2009No. 08-1491PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Jonathan Platte challenges the constitutionality of his sentence and the correctness of the sentencing court’s underlying drug quantity determination. We conclude that his arguments lack merit and, therefore, affirm the sentence.
I. BACKGROUND
We glean the facts from the trial transcript, the transcript of the disposition hearing, and the undisputed portions of the presentence investigation report (PSI Report).
Early in 2004, police officers entered the appellant’s home in Wilton, New Hampshire. They were responding to a 911 call placed by the appellant’s…
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