Legal Opinion
Watterson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 10, 2000No. 98-1596PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BARRY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal primarily requires us to decide whether the District Court erred in sentencing Toshia Watterson as if she had been convicted of, or had stipulated to, distributing a controlled substance within 1000 feet of a school zone,- when she had not. We find that the District Court erred in so doing and, accordingly, will vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing.
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Beginning in 1995, Toshia Watterson (“Watterson”) was involved with the “Massey Organization,” a sophisticated drug trafficking ring in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Led by…
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