United States v. Smith

AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

VAN TATENHOVE, District Judge.

Richard Smith was indicted for conspiracy to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute, methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and 18 U.S.C. § 2. [R. 1.] On January 8, 2009, he pled guilty to the charge brought pursuant to section 846. [R. 61.] This resulted in Smith being subject to the mandatory detention provision of section 3143(a)(2). This requires that defendants who plead or are found guilty of certain crimes be mandatorily detained while…