Legal Opinion
United States v. Williams
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 2, 2009No. 06-3418PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENTON, Circuit Judge.
Josiah Malachi Israel Williams stands convicted of one count of distributing, and aiding and abetting the distribution of, crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(l)(B)(iii), 860, and 18 U.S.C. § 2. On appeal, he argues the district court erred by: not entering a guilty plea; not reducing his sentence for acceptance of responsibility; increasing his sentence for obstruction of justice; finding the substance was crack (as opposed to “cocaine base”); not running his sentence concurrent to a state sentence; or, not considering the…
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