United States v. Anderson, No. 14-5741 (6th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseAnderson was the girlfriend of Shakir, the violent leader of a Los Angeles drug conspiracy that operated in Tennessee and other states, 1992-1997. Anderson was active in the conspiracy until her 1997 arrest. Anderson was held in pretrial detention and testified at Shakir’s 2007 trial. Shakir was convicted of nine murders and sentenced to life in prison. Anderson was not indicted for murder, but pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. 846, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, 18 U.S.C. 1956(h). The government revoked Anderson’s plea agreement before she was sentenced, claiming that Anderson did not tell the truth about her role in the 1995 Duran murder, and did not seek a downward departure for substantial assistance. The district court applied a “murder cross-reference” guideline enhancement under U.S.S.G. 2D1.1(d)(1), and a three-level enhancement for her role as a “manager or supervisor” in the conspiracy and, in 2014, sentenced her to 24 years on the drug charge, the midpoint between the two sentencing requests, and 240 months on the money laundering charge, to run concurrently. The Sixth Circuit affirmed, upholding findings that Anderson had “actual knowledge” that Shakir planned to murder Duran and played a management role.
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