Legal Opinion
United States v. Shawn D. Lawrence
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 19, 1991No. 90-1781PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Shawn Lawrence was convicted on two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and was sentenced under the Sentencing Guidelines to 108 months imprisonment and an additional four years of supervised release. He appeals his conviction arguing that (1) that the “100 to 1 ratio” of cocaine to cocaine base, for purposes of determining sentencing levels under the Guidelines, has no rational basis and thus violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses, and (2) the district court’s…
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3Cited by77 opinions
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