Legal Opinion
United States v. Matthew L. Wyss
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 21, 1998No. 97-4221PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The defendant was convicted of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute it, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a), and of other crimes that are, however, irrelevant to this appeal, and received a long prison sentence. The only nonfrivolous issue presented by his appeal is whether the purchase of cocaine for his personal consumption, rather than for sale,' should have been counted as conduct relevant to the marijuana conviction and therefore used to enhance his sentence. As the government points out, it is not entirely clear that the district judge did count that…
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