United States v. Gulley, No. 11-3411 (7th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseDuring a crack cocaine deal between a confidential informant and a known crack dealer (Blake), a concealed video and audio recording device captured Gulley, Blake’s driver, getting into the CI’s car and exchanging a bag of crack cocaine for $200. Charged with knowingly and intentionally distributing five or more grams of a mixture and substance containing crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. 841(a) and 841(b)(1)(B), Gulley argued that he did not “knowingly or intentionally” deliver a controlled substance. The prosecution presented testimony that Gulley admitted to driving Blake to a drug deal with the CI two days after the charged offense and Gulley’s admission that he knew Blake was a crack dealer, that he frequently drove Blake, and that he had made a previous “delivery” for Blake. There was evidence that crack cocaine, ecstasy, and a firearm were found at Blake’s stash house on the day the two were arrested. The district judge sentenced Gulley to 327 months in prison, reasoning that precedent prohibited retroactive application of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. The precedent was subsequently overturned. The Seventh Circuit affirmed Gulley’s conviction, rejecting challenges to admission of certain testimony and evidence, but vacated his sentence.
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