U.S. v. Taylor

Dist. Ct. erred in sentencing defendant to 188-month term of incarceration on drug conspiracy charge where sentence was imposed after Dist. Ct. rejected post-trial stipulation on drug quantity made by defendant and govt. based on similar stipulations made by govt. with co-defendants. While Dist. Ct. has authority to disregard post-trial stipulation regarding drug quantity, Dist. Ct. erred in doing so where it never questioned similar stipulations at prior sentencing hearings involving co-defendants, and where Dist. Ct. never explained justification for treating co-defendants differently with regard to quantity of drugs at issue in conspiracy based on same record.