Legal Opinion
United States v. Mario Claiborne
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 27, 2006No. 05-2198PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
Mario Claiborne pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing and distributing cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 844(a). The district court determined that Claiborne’s advisory guidelines sentencing range is 37 to 46 months in prison and imposed a 15-month sentence. The government appeals the sentence as unreasonable under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). We agree and remand for re-sentencing.
In May 2003, Claiborne was arrested for attempting to sell 0.23 grams of cocaine base to an undercover police officer. Six months later, police approached Claiborne engaged in…
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