United States v. Sanchez, No. 15-1356 (7th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseSanchez, age 70, pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. 846, 841(a)(1), and was sentenced below-guidelines range to 40 months’ imprisonment. Sanchez has multiple health problems. The Seventh Circuit upheld the application a two-level enhancement for “maintain[ing] a premise for the purposes of manufacturing or distributing a controlled substance.” U.S.S.G. 2D1.1(b)(12). Sanchez’s residence was used as the drop-off, pick-up, and storage site for the drugs for a year and he received $1,500 per month for making the residence available. In addition, the court explained that it would have imposed the same sentence regardless, so any error would have been harmless.
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