United States v. Jones, No. 17-2658 (7th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseUndercover officers conducted several controlled buys of methamphetamine by contacting Jones and obtaining the drugs from either Jones, Jones’s girlfriend (Rowland), or their housemate. A jury convicted Jones of possessing and conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. The district court sentenced him to a term of imprisonment of 145 months, considering Jones’ possession of a gun carried in Rowland’s purse and also several quantities of methamphetamine for which Jones claimed he was not responsible. The Seventh Circuit affirmed. Rowland’s possession of the gun and the drugs were foreseeable to Jones and in furtherance of the conspiracy. The court found that the co-conspirators operated as a team. A district court calculating drug quantities at sentencing need only support its findings by a preponderance of the evidence and district courts may make reasonable though imprecise estimates based on information that has indicia of reliability.”
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