Legal Opinion
United States v. Soto-Piedra
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 5, 2008No. 07-1399, 07-1778PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Rodrigo Soto-Piedra and Miguel Hernandez pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1). Neither stipulated to a precise drug quantity when pleading guilty, and each now challenges his sentence. Soto contends that the district court exaggerated the drug quantity by relying almost exclusively on an informant’s estimate that the probation officer repeated in the pre-sentence report. Hernandez maintains that the court overstated his base offense level on the mistaken assumption that he was involved with crack rather than powder cocaine.…
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