United States v. Ramirez-Fuentes, No. 12-1494 (7th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseIn 2010 Ramirez-Fuentes confessed to being responsible for a bag containing 3.1 kilograms of methamphetamine and for two firearms found in his brother’s apartment and was charged with one count of possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine (21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1)) and one count of possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (18 U.S.C. 924(c)). The district court sentenced him to 295 months’ imprisonment. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, rejecting an argument that the district court erred in admitting testimony from a government expert witness who described the recovered substance as “Mexican methamphetamine,” which he noted is produced by “Mexican nationals,” and who addressed the violence associated with drug trafficking. The court also rejected an argument that the sentence was unreasonable because the district court did not meaningfully consider an argument that Ramirez-Fuentes would be deported after his release from prison.
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