United States v. Block, No. 10-3447 (7th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseEight participants in a Rockford, Illinois heroin distribution conspiracy pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin and more than 50 grams of cocaine base. The district court determined that the conspiracy distributed 700 grams of heroin per week. Defendants argued that the district court failed to consider sentencing disparities between drug runners who were prosecuted in federal court and those prosecuted in state court and that the district court failed to address each of the factors under 18 U.S.C. 3553(a) at his sentencing. The Seventh Circuit rejected those arguments, but vacated the sentenced of a defendant who received a two-level enhancement under section 2D1.1(b)(1) for the possession of firearms by his coconspirators.
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