United States v. Randolph, No. 13-5477 (6th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseRandolph was convicted of conspiracy to violate the drug laws, conspiracy to commit money laundering and related offenses based on his involvement in a family-run drug trafficking operation in Pulaski, Tennessee. Randolph was sentenced to a concurrent term of imprisonment of 70 months on all counts. The convictions were grouped; the money laundering conspiracy conviction drove the ultimate sentence because it resulted in the highest offense level. The Sixth Circuit reversed the drug conspiracy conviction and remanded for entry of a judgment of acquittal. The jury’s special verdict found that the drugs “involved in” the conspiracy were “none.” This unanimous finding negates an essential element of the charged drug conspiracy and is only susceptible to one interpretation: the government failed to prove Randolph guilty of the charged drug conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt. The court also vacated the sentence because the district court determined that he laundered in excess of $200,000 during the course of the money laundering conspiracy without making adequate findings of fact on the record. The court affirmed conviction as to the remaining counts..
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