Legal Opinion
United States v. David Garcia
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 8, 1994No. 94-1146PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
David Garcia entered a guilty plea to a charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Due to a prior state conviction for possession of cocaine, Garcia received a mandatory minimum sentence of twenty years, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A). Garcia argues that his state conviction does not constitute a “prior conviction for a felony drug offense,” under § 841(b)(1)(A), because it was related to the larger conspiracy to which he pleaded guilty.
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The indictment charged Garcia with conspiring to distribute cocaine from 1987 through at least September 16,1992. Garcia pled…
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