United States v. Matthew M. Stone

Matthew Stone (Stone) pled guilty to conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841. The presentence report (PSR) assigned Stone four criminal history points under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.1 resulting in a criminal history category of III, but the district court departed downward under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.3 to a criminal history category of I, finding category III overstated the seriousness of Stone’s past criminal conduct. Although Stone’s sentencing range was then 87-108 months, the amount of drugs involved triggered a statutory mandatory minimum sentence of ten years…