Legal Opinion

United States v. Clifford Johnson

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 27, 2005No. 04-2574PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Clifford Johnson pled guilty to conspiring to possess pseudoephedrine having reasonable cause to believe it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine. Johnson was sentenced to 97 months and he appeals, arguing that the district court 1 erred by failing to give him a minor role reduction and that his sentence violates the Sixth Amendment. We affirm.

A confidential informant told the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that Teddy French ran an organization that distributed approximately three to five pounds of methamphetamine every couple of weeks in Kansas City,…

2Cases cited16 opinions

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  4. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  5. Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998

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3Cited by47 opinions

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