United States v. Williams

Frank Edward Williams appeals from the district court’s judgment of conviction, after entry of a conditional guilty plea, for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base. He argues that the district court erred by denying his motion to suppress, by increasing his base offense level pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2Dl.l(b)(l) for possession of a firearm during a drug-trafficking offense, by failing to reduce his base offense level under § 3B1.2 for minor/minimal participant status, and that § 2D1.1 is violative of the Fourteenth Amendment as racially discriminatory. Finding that the…