United States v. Flowers

OPINION

COLE, Chief Judge.

Amber Nicole Flowers and Timothy Joe Swallows pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Flowers received 77 months’ imprisonment, after providing substantial assistance to the government, and Swallows received 262 months’ imprisonment, after accounting for his career-offender status. Both defendants now appeal their sentences. We affirm.

I

In June 2012, a local sheriffs deputy pulled Swallows over for speeding in Bradley County, Tennessee. Flowers was in the passenger seat. As the officer approached the driver’s-side…