Legal Opinion
United States v. Cedric Morris
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 9, 2016No. 15-2402PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
In 2015 Cedric Morris pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing heroin. The plea agreement called for the government to make several specific sentencing recommendations: what quantity of drugs should count as relevant conduct, what Morris’s base offense level should be, and whether Morris was entitled to an acceptance-of-responsibility reduction. The agreement also required the government “to recommend a sentence within the sentencing guidelines range as determined by the [district court].”
At sentencing the judge determined that Morris’s Guidelines range was 70-87…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- United States v. Jeffrey HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- United States v. Aric R. BothunCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- United States v. OrozcoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- United States v. NavarroCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
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3Cited by16 opinions
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