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United States v. Corey Keys

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 11, 2015No. 14-2397PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RILEY, Chief Judge.

Corey Keys pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute a substance containing cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), and 846. The district court 1 determined Keys was a career offender and sentenced him to 151 months imprisonment. Keys appeals his sentence, claiming he does not qualify as a career offender and his sentence is substantively unreasonable. With appellate jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Keys is a repeat drug trafficker with three prior Iowa state drug convictions. The first occurred in 2005, when state…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Stinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. United States v. FeemsterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
  3. United States v. Solis-BermudezCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
  4. United States v. KreitingerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
  5. United States v. BarronCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. United States v. NawannaDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 2018
  2. United States v. Charles EwertCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016
  3. Corey Keys v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2019
  4. United States v. Dante RhodesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2019
  5. United States v. Rashad NorwoodCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2020

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