Legal Opinion
United States v. Clark
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 19, 2008No. 07-1297PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Rickey Clark entered a blind guilty plea with respect to one count of conspiring to possess cocaine with intent to distribute, see 21 U.S.C. § 846, and one count of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, see id. § 841(a)(1). The district court determined by a preponderance of the evidence that Clark had possessed between 15 and 50 kilograms of cocaine. At the sentencing hearing, the government’s attorney repeatedly stated, in error, that Clark was not subject to a mandatory minimum sentence. The judge considered the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors and…
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