Legal Opinion
United States v. Ricks
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 20, 2007No. 05-4832, 05-4833PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FUENTES, Circuit Judge.
Marc Ricks pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge and was sentenced to 135 months in prison. His brother, Michael Ricks, was sentenced to 168 months in prison after pleading guilty to drug conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to affect interstate commerce by robbery. The government appeals these sentences, arguing that they are unreasonable because the District Court improperly used a 20-to-l crack/powder cocaine drug quantity ratio instead of the 100-to-l ratio provided for in the Sentencing Guidelines. Because we…
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