United States v. Deandra Sue Warford, United States of America v. Phillip Whatley

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Deandra Sue Warford and Phillip Whatley entered conditional guilty pleas to manufacturing more than 100 marijuana plants, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). They reserved the right to appeal the district court’s denial of their motions to suppress evidence discovered in a search of their house and surrounding areas. The district court 1 determined that the limitation on statutory minimum sentences of USSG § 5C1.2 should not apply to Whatley and sentenced him to the mandatory minimum term of 60 months’ imprisonment. Warford was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment.…