United States v. Armstrong, No. 18-5079 (6th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseArmstrong sold a confidential informant about three grams of heroin during three controlled buys. He pleaded guilty to distribution, 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1). The district court sentenced him to 37 months in prison, based, in part, on a finding that he sold around 70 grams of heroin to the informant over the course of two years. The Sixth Circuit affirmed. Under the Sentencing Guidelines, district courts must consider the defendant’s entire relevant conduct beyond the scope of the conviction, U.S.S.G. 1B1.3(a)(2). The informant claimed she purchased about one gram of heroin from Armstrong 70 times over 18-24 months. The district judge made a credibility determination and found that the informant’s out-of-court statements were more reliable than Armstrong’s.
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