Legal Opinion

United States v. Le'Ann Koss

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 5, 2016No. 14-51173PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARL E. STEWART, Chief Judge:

Appellant Le’Ann Koss (“Koss”) pleaded guilty to two federal drug offenses involving quantities of marijuana and was sentenced to 70 months’ imprisonment on each offense, to run concurrently. • On appeal, Koss raises several challenges to her sentence, all of which relate to the district court’s determination that two substances involved in the offenses — a homemade “marijuana butter” and a “brown chunky substance” — were substances containing detectable amounts of Tetrahydrocannabi-nol (“THC”) for purposes of calculating their marijuana equivalency using the…

2Cases cited26 opinions

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