United States v. Hawkins, No. 16-10879 (5th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseThe Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence enhancements after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy with intent to distribute a controlled substance. The court held that the district court did not err in applying the organizer or leader enhancement where the district court's determination that defendant qualified as an organizer or leader under USSG 3B1.1 was not clearly erroneous because it was plausible in light of the record. The district court also did not err in applying the criminal livelihood enhancement under USSG 2D1.1(b)(15)(E). Finally, defendant's below-Guidelines sentence of 240 months in prison was substantively reasonable.
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