United States v. Figueroa, No. 11-2594 (7th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDefendant supervised a "mule" who obtained heroin in Texas and transported it to Chicago as part of an enterprise with four confirmed participants. Following his conviction, the district court followed the recommendation of the probation service and imposed a two-level enhancement under USSG 3B1.1(c), applicable to "organizers, leaders, managers, and supervisors in an organization with fewer than five participants and not 'otherwise extensive.'" The Seventh Circuit affirmed, rejecting an argument that defendant was just a communication channel and characterizing him as a "middle manager in a drug enterprise" that was "otherwise extensive." Defendant "lucked out" to get only a 2-level enhancement; as a manager or supervisor in an "otherwise extensive" enterprise he should have received the 3-level enhancement in section 3B1.1(b).
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